Why is it so hard?
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** We’re all going to die. Why is it so hard to talk about it?
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Most of us don’t fear death so much as the process leading up to it.
by Lori Erickson
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** Howard Thurman’s contemplative nonviolence
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The pastor and mentor to Martin Luther King formed a vision of resistance around prayer, not politics.
by Myles Werntz
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** Prayer isn’t a gumball machine
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Toxic theology in the wake of mass violence
by Meghan Henning
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** Suicides in the US are rising. How can the church respond?
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Helping people feel connected to one another is the holy work of any community, including congregations.
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** A wedding reception that felt like Cana
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We drank wine, danced with abandon, and caught a glimpse of grace.
by Craig Barnes
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** Living by the Word for Sunday, August 25
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So much of human religiosity comes down to a hoax we perpetrate on God.
by Shai Held
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** The conversation about faith and sex that The Bachelorette sparked
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And that conversation's inevitable limits
by Martha Tatarnic
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** W. A. Visser ’t Hooft’s confrontation with nationalist idolatry among Christians
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The Dutch ecumenist believed the church can—and must—challenge hateful ideologies.
by Michael Kinnamon
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** Discovering sabbath in my mother’s hospice room
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She was a staunch observer of sabbath. It took her death for me to appreciate why.
by J. Dana Trent
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** Can clergy earn back the public trust they’ve lost?
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Respect for pastors is at an all-time low. What would help?
by Peter W. Marty
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