I am grateful for adoptee and birth-parent writers helping churches speak more honestly about adoption, including Kristin T.

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In a historic breakthrough, three women were allowed to sit for the Israeli rabbinate’s competency exams earlier this ...

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Tony Stoneburner (1926–2026) was a professor of English at Denison University and a United Methodist minister. He contributed ...

One reason these wellness practices are popular is because they’re powerful and they remake us,” says religious ethicist ...

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The United Methodist Church’s top court has declared unconstitutional a new funding structure for US bishops passed at the ...

Now these things never happened, but always are.                                —Sallustius (4th century)                    ...

Violent crime is at historic lows, murder rates are dropping across the country, and yet, acts of public violence which would ...