2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1111+ words) Word&Way Review: How Western Christianity Got It Wrong The history of Christianity, like all history, is complicated. There is good, and there is bad. That’s why the idea of patriotic history is a recipe for bad history. The question…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (747+ words) WASHINGTON (RNS) — Just two days after hundreds of members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front descended on Washington, D.C., on the Fourth of July, a diverse group of about 200 protesters sporting keffiyehs and kippahs, pushing strollers and walkers, crossed…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1123+ words) A man walks past the charred remains of the Altadena Community Church, a United Church of Christ congregation in Altadena, California, on Jan. 9, 2025, after a wildfire tore through the community. (Chris Pizzello/Associated Press) “If our hearts must break, let…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (293+ words) NOTE: This piece was originally published at our newsletter A Public Witness. If HGTV decided to cast a show about fixing up your old religion, few could compete with James McGrath to be the star who transforms outdated edifices into…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (648+ words) OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma state board on Monday rejected a proposal to open a Jewish charter school, likely restarting a legal fight over public funding of religious education. Members of the Statewide Charter School Board, though complimentary of the school’s…...