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Author Walter Wangerin’s many lives and words
Those of us who worked with him sometimes suspected he had cloned himself.
Fighting for the humanities at church-related colleges
“What good is a Methodist college that doesn't have religion professors?” asks one student.
Willimon and Hauerwas’s out-of-season words on pastoral care
Pastors coping with the pandemic need our encouragement, not our carping.
Pastoral care is part of Christian formation
A response to Will Willimon and Stanley Hauerwas
This Seattle church’s stained-glass Jesus was far too White
So a local artist found a creative way to cover him up.
Restoring bicycles—and lives—in Memphis
Revolutions Bicycle Cooperative, a church-based bike shop with a social vision
It takes faith to resist the attention economy
We need to relearn a capacity to dwell in God’s presence.
On her deathbed, St. Clare of Assisi blessed God
Her radical final words confounded me for years.
Green burial as an act of faith
A growing number of Christians are embracing natural burial practices.
What will Israeli politics look like after Netanyahu?
The promises and dangers of Israel’s new coalition government
Homeless people get organized—and radical
In Tacoma, Minneapolis, and elsewhere, people without housing have taken over buildings.
The generations of hurt that the Chauvin conviction can’t heal
We are disguising our collective wounds instead of treating them.
Eastern University has served as the evangelical left’s laboratory
The school has produced limited doctrinal controversy—and a lot of prominent advocates for justice.
Hip-hop artists Sho Baraka and Propaganda flip the script
Stanley Hauerwas says good theological writing makes the familiar strange.
A civil rights pilgrimage through the eyes of Congolese refugee teenagers
We began to understand why James Baldwin called US history “more beautiful and more terrible than anyone has ever said about it.”
COVID and the faithful risks pastors have taken
This is a high-stakes time. Some churches need to take more creative risks than ever before.
Black churches address vaccine hesitancy
Helping a community navigate historical concerns
Christian clergy are being kidnapped and killed in Nigeria
From farms to churches, no place feels safe.
10 ways for Christians to embrace our creative power
Being born is a holy calling to join God in free, joyful, and playful expression.
How are dinner churches surviving the pandemic?
For some congregations, sitting down together for a meal is the heart of worship.