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United Methodists strike down ban on ordination of gay clergy
United Methodists meeting for their top legislative assembly May 1 overwhelmingly overturned a measure that barred gay clergy from ordination in the denomination, a historic step for the nation’s s...
One person’s self-made hell
Recently I attended the trial of a woman accused of killing a college student in a hit and run.
Episode 39: Pastor and activist Bruce Reyes-Chow, author of Everything Good About God is True
A conversation with pastor and activist Bruce Reyes-Chow about Spirit, Desmond Tutu, baptism, and more
My bookshelf at the end
Packing up my library, I decided to let go of my Wolfhart Pannenberg books—and the wounds they represent.
Jihyun Oh is committee nominee to lead PCUSA
A Presbyterian Church (USA) nomination committee has named Jihyun Oh, director of the denomination’ s Mid Coun...
May 5, Easter 6
(1 John 5:1–6; John 15:9–17)
(1 John 5:1–6; John 15:9–17)
The Christian faith often gives friendship short shrift.
Where are the children in liberation theologies?
Child advocate R. L. Stollar seeks to help people read the Bible in ways that protect and honor children.
The Court’s embrace of the divine right of presidents
In the Trump v. United States oral arguments, the conservative justices sought what Justice Gorsuch called “a rule for the ages”—one that doesn’t impair the sovereign grandeur of presidential power.
Navajoland seeks to become missionary diocese in resolution proposed to Episcopal general convention
Navajo Episcopalians are asking the Episcopal Church to elevate their area mission, known as Navajoland, to the status of a missionary diocese—a step that, if approved in June by the 81st general c...
United Methodists vote to restructure worldwide church
The top legislative body of the United Methodist Church passed a series of measures Thursday to restructure the worldwide denomination to give each region greater equity in tailoring church life to...
On watch (Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 22:25-31; 1 John 4:7-21; John 15:1-8)
Fruitful ministry becomes sustainable when it is shared, person to person and generation to generation.
Early Christian scripture and ancient codices draw collectors' eyes to Paris
Amid all the preparations to turn Paris into a venue for the Olympic Games that begin in less than 100 days, one small corner of the French capital is preparing for another modern form of competiti...
Monsters and their beautiful work
Claire Dederer thinks through what it means to consume art produced by people who have said or done terrible things.
Conservative faith leaders praise Johnson for House’s approval of foreign aid
Conservative religious leaders who had been imploring Speaker Mike Johnson to back assistance for Ukraine and Israel in fighting their wars celebrated the House’s passage of foreign aid packages Sa...
Movement of the soul
Justin Peck’s choreography takes the language of ballet and turns it into something more.
A world with no boundaries
Russian writer Ludmila Ulitskaya’s stories of love and defiance escape the plane of realism.
Trending topics: Exvangelical women’s memoirs
Five new memoirs by women who left evangelicalism
A refugee’s fragmented memory
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s fractured and stirring memoir is haunted by war—and religion.
April 28, Easter 5B (John 15:1–8; 1 John 4:7–21)
In biblical Greek, the word we translate as “abide” is active rather than passive.
Psalm 23 in conversation (Acts 4:5-12; Psalm 23; 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18)
This familiar text takes on new dimensions when read in tandem with this week’s epistle and gospel texts.