When a father and husband walked out, grace called him home

I preached a word of judgment. The stranger in the back row heard grace.

by Bruce K. Modahl

A congregation’s commitment to live out “We do”

We say these words a lot. Lately I’ve noticed what it looks like when we follow through.

Has family become an idol?

The Bible gives no sense that the family is an end in itself.

by Peter W. Marty

Driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants benefit everybody

New Jersey just became the 14th state to offer them.

Living by the Word for January 6, Epiphany of the Lord

Genealogies suggest a beautiful inevitability even amid political impossibility.

What if we treated all of creation—plants and stars, soil and rivers—as our kin?

Biblical scholar Mari Joerstad and indigenous activist Nick Estes challenge our human-centered worldview.

by Isaac S. Villegas 

Our 19 most-read articles of 2019

Queen and Slim challenges assumptions about race, justice, and what matters

Melinda Matsoukas’s film rolls terror and hope into one story.

by Kathryn Reklis

Lapse: Essays by readers

We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “Lapse.”

The Sons of Confederate Veterans want their due

They’re wrong.

by Pete Candler