We’re all going to die. Why is it so hard to talk about it?

Most of us don’t fear death so much as the process leading up to it.

by Lori Erickson

Howard Thurman’s contemplative nonviolence

The pastor and mentor to Martin Luther King formed a vision of resistance around prayer, not politics.

by Myles Werntz

Prayer isn’t a gumball machine

Toxic theology in the wake of mass violence

by Meghan Henning

Suicides in the US are rising. How can the church respond?

Helping people feel connected to one another is the holy work of any community, including congregations.

A wedding reception that felt like Cana

We drank wine, danced with abandon, and caught a glimpse of grace.

by Craig Barnes

Living by the Word for Sunday, August 25

So much of human religiosity comes down to a hoax we perpetrate on God.

by Shai Held

The conversation about faith and sex that The Bachelorette sparked

And that conversation's inevitable limits

by Martha Tatarnic 

W. A. Visser ’t Hooft’s confrontation with nationalist idolatry among Christians

The Dutch ecumenist believed the church can—and must—challenge hateful ideologies.

by Michael Kinnamon

Discovering sabbath in my mother’s hospice room

She was a staunch observer of sabbath. It took her death for me to appreciate why.

by J. Dana Trent

Can clergy earn back the public trust they’ve lost?

Respect for pastors is at an all-time low. What would help?

by Peter W. Marty