An attack on innocent people by extremists in the service of an ideology hostile to what those symbols mean to them is an attack with grave consequences.

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Even within free societies, authoritarian cultures, such as high-control religions, likewise harness the power of art.

‘By Any Means’ re-litigates an enduring argument: What creates lasting change? Peace or force? Protests or pain?

By the end of this summer, state officials had stopped reporting on where program participants had gone to school in previous years.

Rhinestones and topsoil seem like an easy way to sort them; at least until we get to Port William.

If the word ministry is still a sticking point for you, what might happen if you replaced every use of the word ministry with the word service?

Water is woven deeply into our Christian story, and the creation story includes water as its foundational background.

The state’s highest court was careful to note that its decision was based on the “best interest of the child” and did not concern “the substance of Bickford’s beliefs.”

True listening is more than auditory reception.

We now would see with certainty that worship is theology on the half-shell, raw for the chewing and swallowing.

The automated tracking is widely viewed as a direct violation of Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches.

If a gilded ballroom is inevitable, then the argument can continue whether it is a symbol of greatness or an embarrassment.

I do not know a world without Dolly Parton in it.

When flagrant habitual liars govern, the people cease to believe.

You can’t grow up in a one-room log cabin with 13 other people without learning to read a room

The net always catches both the intended target and innocent bystanders.

Throughout our sacred stories, whether in the Bible or the ones of those who went before us, women have led the way.

I have come to understand that this kind of belonging does not simply happen because everyone means well.

An increasing number of churches are willing to allow their senior pastor to do whatever the senior pastor wants to do.

Berry died this week at the age of 92, leaving behind one of the most remarkable bodies of American writing of the past century.

With our confidence in the resurrection—God’s power over the realm of death—we can risk much, because we are safe, even in a despotic political climate.

Everything is a scam, a test of discernment and of will. You need a genie in a bottle, a wing and a prayer, an eight ball, and a lot of luck to get what you paid for.

Many of those cases involved employees from religious traditions that require Friday afternoons and Saturdays off.

With faith and democracy teetering on the brink, it’s time for people of good faith to cooperate around a unifying mission.

Parents who have taken religious and political exclusion to their natural conclusions are looking around and wondering why their kids have gone “no contact” with them.

Jeremiah 15:15-21; Psalm 26:1-8; Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 16:21-28 Bell highlights how Jesus calls disciples away from power, comfort, and self-protection toward sacrificial love and faithful service. Using Peter’s resistance, Bell's own testimony, and practical examples from Romans 12, the sermon argues that “taking up the cross” means choosing costly compassion over self-interest, trusting that true life is found in following Christ’s path. Rev. Justin Bell is co-lead pastor at The Table in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He holds a bachelor's degree in Christian theology from Anderson...

It feels right to say that on this side of heaven, everything remains incomplete.

What has taken me aback is how well-behaved we have all been toward each other.

Recent Gallup research suggests embracing the trend of non-alcoholic bars will be an excellent business decision.

Southerners are known for our ability to turn a phrase. We have certain sayings and expressions.

Only 45% of respondents had participated in at least one form of gambling in the past year.

All-age ministry is about nothing less than the missio Dei, God’s mission of love and hope for all of creation.

A significant majority of U.S. respondents to a recent Pew Research Center survey believe the death penalty is morally justified for those who have committed murder.

Outside a court of law, judgment isn’t our calling as believers. Meeting needs is.

If the gender of the disciples is taken as a template for the priesthood or the ministry for millennia thereafter, then why shouldn’t the ethnic composition of the disciples also be determinative?

I look at the content cycling through the internet at rapid speed and I see a seed of myself and the darkness I once harbored.

Developed nations with healthier children have other policies I’d like our country to emulate.

In many states, voters will have an option to uphold Christian values at the voting booth this November.

For Aquinas, the quintessential reason for justice in society is to work toward the common good of all people.

The first step of liberation/salvation becomes learning how to see myself with my own eyes, a process I am still learning.

Who knew that the standards for the Miss Universe pageant, which Donald Trump owned in the mid-1990s, were considerably higher than those of the duly elected senators of the United States?

Left unchecked, the algorithms can gradually reshape our assumptions, reinforce our biases, and influence our decisions without our even realizing it.

An ongoing controversy over a question in Australia’s upcoming census raises interesting questions about religious belief, identity, and practice.

I am grateful for the last year, for finding my own oxygen mask, and for the ways in which this lesson finally seems to be sinking in.

Self‑preservation and self‑care look different than what many expect.