Church
Saying good-bye to my congregation
I had to make room for conversations of thanks, forgiveness, love, and good-bye.
When the opioid crisis shows up at our church’s doorstep
Dealing with our community’s real issues
The Mega podcast draws mega laughs
The evangelical satire also offers insight and empathy.
Take & read: American religious history
New books that are shaping conversations about American religious history
Pastoral care that meets addiction at its source
Sonia Waters sees pain and trauma at the heart of this particular type of soul sickness.
Take & read: Global Christianity
New books that are shaping discussions about global Christianity
The refugees on my church’s cricket team
How we stopped seeing a destitute “them” and started seeing wicket keepers and off spinners.
In a politically divided church, what’s the preacher to do?
The answer, says Leah Schade, is about dialogue as much as any single sermon.
A letter from Paul to Christians in the US
Let me cut to the chase, brothers and sisters. Is this what you think living in Christ looks like?
Four people, one church
Cara Wall writes beautifully about something novelists rarely address: a mainline Protestant congregation.
Suicides in the US are rising. How can the church respond?
Helping people feel connected to one another is the holy work of any community, including congregations.
Googling my way out of a pastoral relationship
The man turned in a visitor card. I pulled up my web browser.
Can clergy earn back the public trust they’ve lost?
Respect for pastors is at an all-time low. What would help?
A black pastor writes to the white church about its complicity in oppression
Lenny Duncan’s letter is full of hope and fury, love and lament—like Paul’s epistles.
We should celebrate the “death day” of our baptism each year
Baptism is about dying with Christ. Why don't more churches talk about this?
Trauma survivors are in your congregation. How will you help them heal?
Christy Gunter Sim, a trauma expert and domestic violence survivor, offers case studies for church leaders.