Connie Peterson is an accountant whose work requires a calculator, not a weapon. But she doesn’t go anywhere without her gun — not even to church.
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Welcoming refugees by loving their children
By Marv Knox Late Monday mornings, the foyer of Kingdom Manifesters International Ministries sounds like the United Nations. Children from all over—all over the world, not just all over their neighborhood—stream into the building. They laugh and talk, and many…
Starting a conversation about anti-blackness
The term anti-blackness is relatively new. Some think it should replace racism and white privilege as the organizing concept for addressing the mistreatment of African Americans.
He’s a superstar pastor. She worked for him and says he groped her repeatedly.
Bill Hybels built an iconic evangelical church outside Chicago. A former assistant says that in the 1980s, he sexually harassed her.
Duke Divinity dean steps down with no explanation. She had sparked some controversy.
Elaine Heath, dean of Duke Divinity School, left that job Thursday, according to a story published on the university’s website.
Headed for a larger stage, Nadia Bolz-Weber leaves her ‘house’ in order
Ten years after founding Denver’s House for All Sinners and Saints as a 39-year-old seminary student, Nadia Boz-Weber has stepped down to explore life as a full-time “public theologian.”
In a time of irrational fear and new media: The deadly ‘dance plague’ at 500
The deadly “dance plague” of 1518 took place in a rapidly changing world where suddenly old verities were in question and a new media brought all manner of unconfirmed, superstitious ideas. Sound familiar?
What the early church thought about God’s gender
A scholar says limiting God to masculine pronouns and imagery limits the countless religious experiences of billions of Christians throughout the world.
The pope’s groundbreaking rejection of the death penalty
The Church has underscored its opposition to the destruction of any kind of life, even when that means defying the state. And Francis is willing to alter Church teaching to make that clear.