Note: This article discusses suicide, child sexual abuse and domestic violence. It may be distressing for some readers. On June 30, child liberation theologian and abuse survivor advocate Ryan Stollar died by suicide, following a lengthy struggle with his...
In a strange irony, the floodwaters spreading misery without regard to race have at least temporarily calmed the racial tensions in Baton Rouge, La. The city has been wracked by tensions caused by multiple shootings in July.
The Lott Carey Global Christian Missional Community has agreed to collaborate with a national faith-based initiative to empower communities and families by liberating them from consumer debt. The predominantly black Baptist organization announced a new partnership with dfree — a trademarked…
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When an event like flooding in Louisiana takes place, media coverage shifts to a sober note. But images of destruction and heroic rescuers suggest another, disconcerting dimension to catastrophe: disaster is a form of entertainment.
Nearly half of the more than 63,000 refugees welcomed into the United States in the fiscal year 2016 so far were Muslim — with a majority of new Muslim arrivals coming from the war-torn countries of Syria and Somalia.
Christians believe Jesus is the ultimate reflection of God, so is God also male? Centuries of European art has taught, normalized and legitimized how to see the Divine. But insisting on the maleness of God ignores the times God is depicted in feminine language.
In the feature story of March’s Atlantic Monthly, James Fallows asks, “Can America Put Itself Back Together?” Fallows’ surprising good news is that he believes America can.
It is known as the Nagasaki Cross, a small — about 15 inches tall and 7 inches wide — Christian symbol forged from debris found in the wreckage of a middle school located 1,500 feet from where an American plutonium bomb detonated on Aug. 9, 1945.
A federal appeals court has upheld a $2.4 million judgment against police who seven years ago fatally shot a Southern Baptist preacher they mistook for a suspected drug dealer. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in May that…
Nearly 500 years after Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door, the largest Lutheran denomination in the U.S. has approved a declaration recognizing “there are no longer church-dividing issues” on many points with the Roman Catholic Church.
If we live in right relationship with our buildings, we can use them as incredible tools for ministry. We can use buildings as signs we are rooted and planted in our communities, and that we are not going anywhere.
Recently I had the privilege of attending a presentation at the Yale Club in New York City to hear a report on the project that seeks to ascertain what it means to live a well-lived life. At the heart of…
