The parallels between the decline in print journalism and that in mainline Protestantism are eerie. Their renewal will require creative renewals of the best of their traditions for a new day.
Cover art/graphic by Kyle T. Webster
Confession as art. Thousands of people send postcards with their deepest secrets to the website PostSecret.com. But some wonder: Does a postcard truly fulfill the need to confess?
U2’s concerts are famously like worship. They also might show us something about leadership.
The Coen brothers’ new movie “A Serious Man” wrestles with spiritual questions without coming up with simple answers, writes religion columnist Cathleen Falsani.
Photo by Eric Gray | Courtesy of Trinity Baptist Church
A church tells the oldest stories in a new way. A bold, one-of-a-kind mural project enriches children’s ministry and helps heal wounds at Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas.
Christian institutions focus on the public face of their organizations. But football teaches us we must focus on those less visible leaders who protect our blind sides, says L. Gregory Jones.
Colbert hammering Bart Ehrman and the dancing wedding video both seem like good news. They're not.
A “pinhead academic theologian” has to talk about God in the most public of places: the checkout line at Target.
Jazz improvisation offers a metaphor for resolving conflict not by eliminating it, but by using it to create something beautiful, says Ross Kane.
Aristotle was right. The city is where we learn to flourish in our humanness. So how come today we're so rude to strangers that a simple act of kindness can undo us?