by Craig Nash | Aug 28, 2025 | Opinion
This summer, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) elected Yehiel Curry as the next Presiding Bishop of the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. Since 2019, Bishop Curry has served as the bishop of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod of the ELCA...
by Angela Yarber | Aug 28, 2025 | Opinion
As many wrestle with disillusionment in organized religion while still yearning for spiritual depth, Ruffled by Grace: Rebellious Blessings for a Fierce Faith arrives as a bold breath of fresh air. Today’s Belief Behind the Book features Rev. Michelle Wahila’s fierce...
by Peggy Haymes | Aug 27, 2025 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth and final installment in Peggy Haymes’ series on grief. When my father died three years after my mom, it was jarring, but not because of his death. His disease meant we inched our way towards its inevitability for years. What shocked...
by Jamie Marich | Aug 27, 2025 | Opinion
On Saturday, August 23rd, I attended Akron, Ohio’s annual Pride celebration. I’ve long admired how Akron waits until August, as an extra jolt of affirmative community is lovely at the end of the summer—especially this summer. Although I’d been before, this was the...
by Baptist Women in Ministry of North Carolina | Aug 27, 2025 | Opinion
When I told my adult daughter we were working on an article about creating a Theology of Technology, she replied, “Well, that should be easy! There’s no technology in the Bible!” I know what she was thinking. Christian scripture has no mention of computers, cell...
by Randall Balmer | Aug 26, 2025 | Opinion
The vital task of patrolling the wall of separation between church and state, America’s best idea, has enlisted some unlikely allies over the years. Although the motives animating some of those measures can undoubtedly be called into question, those contributions have...
