Features
When small-town pastors put down roots
The ministry of abiding, even in the face of decline, is an offering to God.
The unexpected relationship between U.S. evangelicals and Russian Orthodox
Under Trump and Putin, a strange alliance gets stranger.
A separated family's long road to reunification
A Guatemalan asylum seeker has an attorney and a team of supporters. It was still hard to get her children back.
Loving the church too much to let it stay the same
A sandwich can be a subversive act.
At The People’s Supper, strangers explore common ground
The idea is disarmingly simple: all you need is a dinner table.
Lynched but not forgotten
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice represents a watershed moment in the idea and practice of what a public memorial can be.
The sacred work of Jerusalem's Mekudeshet festival
When Jews, Christians, and Muslims gather to celebrate arts and culture, the dividing walls crumble.
Your pastor isn’t as unhealthy as you might think
The clergy are all right—at least, as all right as anyone else is.
The quiet Christian witness of A Rocha Canada
The evangelical group teaches farming, provides hospitality to newly arrived refugees, and watches the local salmon.
What makes A Wrinkle in Time Christian?
Some white Christians have complained that Ava DuVernay’s film is not faithful to Madeleine L’Engle’s book. A lot of people of color, however, have been feeling this movie deeply.
The one where the characters on Friends talk face to face
Millions of young adults are watching Friends reruns. Why?
The Museum of the Bible is utterly inoffensive. The Bible is not.
Can artifacts and interactive exhibits ever do justice to scripture's wildness?
A residential ministry deals with the sex offender registry
To rejoin society, ex-offenders need a place to live.
Almost homeless in The Florida Project
Low-wage jobs don't stimulate communities. They just keep them afloat, transient, and in need of $38 motel rooms.
A trash-to-table feast at Slow Food Nations
At the conference, chefs cooked for 100 of us using ingredients that were headed for the landfill.
Can we talk about marijuana at church?
A Bible-belt Presbyterian woman thinks her THC cookies are benefiting her. She also thinks she can't tell anyone.
Weaving new lives at a refugee camp
A group of women in Nashville found hope through Thistle Farms. Now they're taking a social enterprise project to Greece.
Why did the Museum of the Bible’s scholars destroy ancient Egyptian artifacts?
Christian apologists say they found New Testament fragments in mummy masks. It’s a dubious claim.
Methodists weigh options for staying united
A 32-member commission is seeking a way forward for a denomination with a lesbian bishop—and a policy barring ordained LGBTQ people.
After the glass factory
In a post-industrial town, churches reimagine mission.