Naomi McQuiller offers a prayer for parents carrying fear, grief and the painful work of letting their children go into the world.
Mihee Kim-Kort shares what remembering the Korean War, American militarism and the church’s witness can teach us.
Jennifer Butler argues that mainline Protestants must reclaim a public, liberating faith to counter Christian nationalism and help heal a fraying democracy.
The juxtaposition of virtues and sins of John Witherspoon and other founding Fathers can lend wisdom for our own moment, writes James Calvin Davis.
Roger and Mary Clare Owens share how writing a book on prayer together taught them there are no experts — just curious souls learning to connect with God in their own way.
Scott Anderson argues that Christianity offers a way to think about markets, government and economic justice beyond the tired binary of capitalism and socialism.
From first-day jitters and new friendships to demanding classes and questions about the future, college student Caroline Garcia offers a prayer for God’s presence throughout the academic year.
Carol Holbrook Prickett reflects on the burning bush as a vision of faithful service without self-destruction, inviting us to resist burnout by knowing our call, ourselves and the God who sustains us.
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Naomi McQuiller offers a prayer for seminarians entering a new academic year with curiosity, uncertainty and hope, asking God for peace, endurance and moments of joy.
Owen Gray shares how a Texas congregation's steady, month-after-month presence at school board meetings became a quiet but powerful form of public witness.
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