If you’ve ever lived in Los Angeles or if you have loved ones who do, you know that the January wildfires have felt especially like hell—a unique experience even in a city as well acquainted with disaster as LA. Such…
Two churches, two races, one pastor. Can they become one congregation?
Every Sunday, Jacquetta Carter sets off on an unusual religious journey. Leaving her home in a middle-class neighborhood of Joliet, Illinois, Carter and her husband, Keith, drive 45 minutes north, through other western Chicago suburbs and into this relatively affluent…
Understanding paranormal beliefs and conspiracy theories isn’t just about misinformation – this course unpacks the history
My training and professional work have been in Mesoamerican archaeology, but I’ve had a lifelong fascination with paranormal concepts. In fact, I considered studying the UFO community for my doctoral research in cultural anthropology.
Why CBF is committed to ministry among immigrants and refugees
This statement is true today and it has been true for our entire history. From our inception, we have been commissioning field personnel to serve among migrant populations of the world and for more than two decades we have had…
Jewish New Yorkers turn out to support Miriam, a popular Israeli restaurant hit with anti-Israel graffiti
When employees arrived Sunday morning to open up Miriam, the popular Israeli restaurant in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood, they discovered the same two messages sprayed in red graffiti over its windows, front door and along its patio: “GENOCIDE CUISINE” and…
Proud to be [a Real] American — Lee Greenwood’s ‘God Bless the USA’ and the Politics of the ‘Apolitical’
When you’re raised in an authoritarian Christian community you can never quite comfortably fit into, you learn early on about the ambiguity of language. Words like “love,” for example, mean very different things to a person who respects others’ bodily autonomy and…
10 years after the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France, conversations about free speech are still too black and white
In January 2015, 12 people were killed at the French satirist magazine Charlie Hebdo’s office after it published controversial caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Ten years later, the tragic events continue to resonate in global conversations about limits to the freedom of expression.
Preacher’s Kid Refocused the World Health Organization on Social Justice
With a flurry of executive orders in the hours after assuming the presidency on Monday (Jan. 20), President Donald Trump made some moves that dominated the headlines — especially his pardon of people arrested for their actions during the Jan….
Taking a second COVID-era loan is proving costly to some faith groups
A dispute over a single word in a COVID-era relief law — and the political divides over Israel – have cost a Jewish advocacy group dearly.
Church of murdered pastor supports execution. Another man of God says it should be stopped
Exodus 20 in the Bible lists Christianity’s 10 Commandment. Among them: “Thou shalt not kill.”
Luce, a cartoon mascot for Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee, appeals to a younger generation while embracing time-honored traditions
Luce, the anime-inspired official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee, whose name means “light” in Italian, has been getting a lot of attention on social media. Some people love the cartoon and find her “cute,” but a few others consider her “unsuitable”…
The first-ever full-scale replica of Anne Frank’s secret annex opens in NYC
Photographs and postcards. A children’s calendar, filled with games, poems and stories. A partially darned sock, remnants of a project that was never finished.