Remembering WalterJason Edwards’s eulogy of Walter Brueggemann was eloquent and profound—almost good enough for Walter (“Walter Brueggemann’s gift of disruption,” August).—Terree NewberryGray, ...

I’m sure there are good uses for AI in our churches. Prayer and preaching aren’t among them. Recently I received an email ...

I was taught to stay on guard against the left’s postmodernism. Now it’s the right that seems unwilling to look truth ...

Anna Rollins is the author of Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl (Eerdmans, 2025). From theological reflections to breaking religion news to the latest books, the Christian ...

Wilkinson’s book—completed shortly before his death in 2023—is a response to a 2013 request from Billy Frank Jr. (Nisqually), ...

The second season of Shiny Happy People reminds me of my year as a Teen Mania intern—and our efforts to become the standard ...

There’s a time to be silent and a time to speak. I want to say something to my Jewish friends and family, in grief and ...

Much of my upbringing took place in Sunday school rooms. We spent a lot of time at church when I was growing up in the 1970s ...

Music to Lure Pigeons By is ten tracks of swingy, up-tempo Chicago jazz, as performed by Robert Owen, the Night Pastor himself. This is not just a cool name for a bandleader but an actual job title, ...

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After Becky Hope left the evangelical church she had been attending in Portland, Oregon, four years ago, she began watching ...

Many congregations view disability as a problem to be solved with elevators, wider doors, or programs tailored for those with special needs. This approach misses the point, according to cultural ...