Devastating hundreds of miles from the Florida Gulf Coast to Georgia to the mountains of North Carolina, Hurricane Helene has created a complicated equation for…
25 Precepts for This (and Every) Election
The high season of American politics is here. Stomachs are knotted. Electoral trend lines undulate. Betting markets tremble. And what of the American church? Many…
Fasting Is A Good Thing. But For Some of Us, It’s Complicated.
For a time when I was a child, I wanted nothing unless it was grilled cheese—without the bread. My loving parents accommodated me by placing…
Faith Lived Close to the Land
My dad eased his pickup truck along the rolling sidehill, tracing the curves in the rows of hay stretching before us, the steering wheel wandering…
Can a Lebanese Seminary Move Beyond the Liberal-Conservative Impasse?
The oldest Protestant seminary in the Middle East has a new vision. Officially founded in 1932 but with origins dating back to the 19th-century missionary…
Lausanne Theologians Explain Seoul Statement that Surprised Congress Delegates
The Lausanne Movement’s decision to release a 97-point, 13,000-word theological statement on the inaugural day of its fourth world congress has sparked a week of…
More Christians Are Watching Porn, But Fewer Think It’s a Problem
Pornography use has continued to climb over the past decade, especially among young people who are exposed to explicit images earlier than ever. Yet most…
Global Methodists Find Joy in Costa Rica
There were lots of tears at the Global Methodist Church’s first General Conference, held this week in San José, Costa Rica, to officially found the…
When I Opened My Bible, God Gave Me a Magnifying Glass
In 1991, as a young girl, I surrendered my life to Jesus Christ. It was not an easy decision, for I was born and raised…
‘The Office’ Meets Exodus in ‘The Promised Land’
We tend to imagine Moses as someone larger than life. Films like The Ten Commandments, The Prince of Egypt, and Exodus: Gods and Kings focus…