“We made the world we’re living in,” writes James Baldwin, “and we have to make it over.” Today these words ring truer than ...

As a child, Martha Park found it easy to believe in both God and the goodness of the world. “The world was drenched, then, ...

Clergy who have fled Russian-occupied Ukraine are finding new ways to provide pastoral care for parishioners who are ...

Born a feminist, Phyllis lived into her calling with tenacity, integrity, and an enduring love for the Bible. May she rest in ...

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Art that encourages hope. Raed Issa is an artist in Gaza, a Palestinian father of four desperately clinging to hope. Cobbling ...

Then she walks us through icon after icon, illuminating both the biblical texts and the icons that deepen moments in the ...

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What will be God’s,” asks Tertullian, “if all things are Caesar’s?” It’s a challenging question at a time when the state is ...

A few years ago, I came across a book called Worship Across the Racial Divide. Its chapter titles were arresting: “African Americans as the Icon of ‘True Worship,’” “The Naïve Experience of Worship in ...

Then one day at lunch, he turned to Bill Dever and asked, “Where is that girl from Andover?” Bill said, “Oh Phyllis? She’s ...

The flowers in the garden lob their last bit of loveliness as America totters toward anotherelection, requiring yet another ...