Features
How Michelle Obama subverted respectability politics with a ponytail
When Easter Sunday falls on April Fools' Day
What rules apply to everyone?
The one where the characters on Friends talk face to face
A stitched-together community
Rejoice in the Lord always—and especially in Lent
Books
What happens after you survive an apocalypse?
The lively dystopian worlds of Louise Erdrich and Kaethe Schwehn
Da Vinci was many things, but not a productivity guru
Walter Isaacson offers a clear and enjoyable biography. He also offers life hacks from Leonardo.
The complex story of race and religion in the American South
Paul Harvey's history shows how things could have gone very differently.
Did the exodus really happen?
A new book challenges the scholarly consensus about one of the Hebrew Bible's central stories.
Departments
There once was a Wednesday named Ash
A confession about three nails
Doorjamb figure of the prophet Jeremiah from a church portal in France
Black Mirror shows us ourselves, being terrible and constantly getting better at it
What's behind our arguments about immigration?
News
Amid detentions and deportation, sanctuary movement persists
Three Indonesian Christians moved into their church in New Jersey—one of more than 30 congregations sheltering people facing deportation.
Churches, local leaders defeat plan to build prison for immigrants
Hundreds of people awaiting deportation hearings would have been incarcerated in Elkhart County, Indiana.
European Catholics grapple with Lord's Prayer translation
Pope Francis has encouraged a new translation—but is also letting local bishops decide which one to use.
Munib Younan, Palestinian Lutheran bishop, passes torch to Sani Ibrahim Azar
Before his consecration as bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, Azar was a pastor in Jerusalem's Old City for three decades.
Government getting involved in congregational safety
Law enforcement is seeking to forge partnerships with faith leaders. It raises a variety of questions about balancing safety with other concerns.
Wyatt Tee Walker, MLK confidant and civil rights leader, dies
Walker was "a legend in his own right," said the current president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which Walker also led.
Church-organized protest in Congo leads to arrest of priests and nuns
Church leaders called for the protests after Sunday services to enforce an agreement for the president to step down and allow elections.