For three weeks in April 2025, my “Theology of Christian Martyrdom” class studied how a group of German students and professors from Munich and Hamburg formed a resistance movement from 1942 to 1943 known as the “White Rose.”
These women are giving their legislators a piece of their mind — one quilt square at a time
The card holders on the long dining room table offered guidance to the women assembled around it: “Keep it Constitutional” and “Keep it Kind.”
Flourishing or Floundering? How Young People See Their Lives
One of the most interesting lines of survey research in the last couple of years has been led by Tyler VanderWeele at Harvard. It’s focused on a fairly simple but incredibly consequential aspect of life – human flourishing.
Presbyterian World Mission Closes, Lays Off Dozens of Missionaries
Hundreds will meet near Pittsburgh in June as part of a 120-year tradition deemed the longest-running annual missions conference in the US.
What Christians Hold in Common with ‘Aspirational’ Conservatives
There are few terms more prone to misinterpretation today than religious freedom and conservative. Religious freedom could mean constitutional safeguards for practicing sincerely held religious beliefs, or it might mean a veiled justification for discriminating against those with whom you disagree.
The Bitter Wisdom of Moshe Dayan
The eulogy famed Israeli military commander Moshe Dayan delivered for Roi Rotberg on April 30, 1956, sixty-nine years ago today, has been called “the defining speech of Zionism.” Like most things having to do with Zionism, it is complicated, at once aspirational…
Martin Scorsese and Pope Francis teamed to produce a documentary called ‘Aldeas — A New Story’
Martin Scorsese is a producing a documentary made with Pope Francis that will chronicle the late pontiff’s work with cinema in the global educational movement he founded before his death.
BWA Director Set to Step into New Role
Carolina Carro de Mangieri, Director of Global Events and Fellowship for the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), has accepted the role of Chief Executive Officer / Publisher for Editorial Mundo Hispano / Casa Bautista de Publicaciones headquartered in El Paso, Texas, USA.
The Church of the Open Road
I was on the road to nowhere. On the map, I kept to the blue highways. At night, I slept in a tent. I thought of myself as an apprentice Kerouac. Gone, Ireland. Gone, the strictures of Catholicism. Twenty-one years…
‘Death Is A Part Of Living’: Q&A With Pastor Dr. Fran Tilton Shelton
The Rev. Dr. Fran Tilton Shelton’s ministry as a Presbyterian (PCUSA) pastor has always been focused on pastoral care and grieving — so much so that her late husband Bob humorously called her “Funeral Fran.”
Harvard releases long-awaited internal antisemitism report amid fierce battle with Trump
Harvard University’s president has apologized for the campus climate over the last year and a half, in a letter accompanying a long-awaited report from a university task force on antisemitism and anti-Israel bias.
The Bible Warns About Rulers Who Put Themselves Above the Law
ith President Donald Trump locked in a legal war over whether to return an immigrant deported without due process back to the United States, Christian scholars and legal professionals are sounding the alarm.