I’ve seen this observation attributed to theologian Paul Tillich and to popular Christian writer Anne Lamott, but it’s been expressed in one way or another by mystics and preachers across the centuries.
Vatican is moving ahead with plan to reunite Ukrainian children taken to Russia with their families
The Vatican is pressing ahead with a plan to try to reunite Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war with their families, a senior Vatican official said. The effort follows an explicit request by Ukraine and Russia has expressed…
Appealing to Orthodox Jews, Israeli media remove women from view
For more than a decade, Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll, an Orthodox Jewish feminist, has been chronicling the gradual disappearance of women from magazines, advertisements and other media in Israel as modesty customs spread beyond the Orthodox Jewish world.
Evangelical Colleges Will Continue to Pursue Diversity Without Affirmative Action
The US Supreme Court ruled against race-based college admissions last month, raising questions about the future of diversity efforts in higher education. But leaders at many evangelical colleges don’t expect the decision to hinder their efforts to promote diversity.
How after-school clubs became a new battleground in the Satanic Temple’s push to preserve separation of church and state
As the start of the school year rapidly approaches, controversy can’t be far behind. But not all hot-button topics in education are about what goes on in class.
After decades of struggle in Israel, dozens of African Hebrew Israelites face deportation
For two years, Toveet Israel and dozens of other residents of the Village of Peace have lived in fear.
Rare Einstein letter rebutting biblical creation story for sale
For the first time, a letter written by Albert Einstein on the creation of the universe is for sale publicly at the Raab Collection in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.
A Digital Hymnal Meets Its Demise
Lifeway is closing the book on an online hymnal that was supposed to be the digital future of Baptist music.
Baylor’s Black Gospel Music Preservation Program names new leader
A music professor, composer and minister of music has been named the inaugural holder of the Lev H. Prichard III Chair in the Study of Black Worship at Baylor University. Stephen Newby will continue and expand the work begun by…