How white supremacist groups are targeting online gamers

Extremists craft narratives of persecution, oppression, and the need for heroic struggle. So do video games.

by Helena M. Hansson and David Keck

A pastoral encounter with abortion I’ll never forget

The teenager told me she was down to her last option: a hanger. 

by Heidi Neumark

Law is too blunt an instrument for the complex realities of abortion

People’s lives elude sharply drawn lines.

It’s time for Americans to trust other people

The border struggle and the problem of collective distrust

by Nicolette Manglos-Weber

Why did I go to a charismatic worship service in an arena?

I feared it would last a week. Then came the moment of truth.

by Samuel Wells

Living by the Word for Sunday, July 14

Can we behave ourselves into love?

by Kristin Berkey-Abbott

Letting go of the plan and embracing the dream

I used to have Jeremiah 29:11 in a frame on my wall. I don’t anymore.

by Debie Thomas

What happened after my mostly white church put up a Black Lives Matter sign

It got stolen, and I got scared.

by Benjamin D. Wayman

Everyone in ministry gets their feelings hurt

Congregations aren’t paradise. They’re communities in which we constantly hurt each other’s feelings.

by Craig Barnes