Lent invites honest self-examination — not just of personal sin, but communal harm. Katrina Pekich-Bundy explores what "America’s Next Top Model" reveals about complicity, silence and repentance.
Julie Hester offers writing prompts for you to try during this season of Lent.
Even joyful transitions can stir grief. During Lent, Christians learn how to face the losses we know are coming and walk toward the cross with hope, writes Vern Farnum.
Brandon R. Grafius offers a Lenten reflection on Joshua, Psalm 137 and Uzzah — and why troubling passages may deepen faith rather than diminish it.
With weekly walking prompts, reflection questions and a pastoral tone, "Meeting Jesus on the Road" encourages us to meet Jesus in our neighborhoods, writes Amy Pagliarella.
Lent invites us into a countercultural vocation of joy, writes Jess Rigel.
A poem from the acclaimed poet Marjorie Maddox.
To address the world's most entrenched problems, we need people who yearn to know more about our world and the creatures with whom we share it. — James Calvin Davis
A poem for gardeners, for springtime lovers, for the hopeful by Andrew Taylor-Troutman.
Historian Nathan Jérémie-Brink processes our modern displacement crises with the help of Ephrem the Syrian, a fourth-century refugee and theologian.
Fred R. Anderson argues that predominate Christian understandings of atonement have been more influenced by culture than the Bible.
Amy Pagliarella has devotional recommendations for individuals, small groups and Jane Austen fans.
Before we hear the stories of all “they” did to Jesus, we might stop and look at ourselves this Holy Week. That is what Lent calls for, isn’t it? — John Cleghorn
Instead of giving something up this Lent, what if we chose to enter life more fully by listening — to the world, to our selves, to God?
Maybe our mortality can be beautiful, writes Andrew Taylor-Troutman.
(OGA) — As we look back at that final week of Jesus’ earthly ministry, we can just imagine the energy in the..
John 13's foot-washing scene leads Aaron Neff to remember people who have hurt and betrayed him. “Love them anyway,” Jesus says.
Chris Hoke calls readers to recover the original vision of Easter in an age of mass incarceration.
The format for today is a bit different than our usual weekly edition. It is designed to help you walk through the..
You have three options for Faith Formation @ Home. Option 1 — Year A (Seder Meal) You may want an experience that..
Holy Week is going to look much different this year. In many ways, it will be a more joyful celebration. My congregation..
I believe the lesson of Palm Sunday is about our tendency to confuse God’s call for humility with a call to grasp for power, writes Aaron Neff.
Welcome Invite various persons to bring a designated item and use this liturgy to begin your time of learning together. One: Come,..
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation. It is free for..
Lent 6C Palm Sunday Luke 19:28-40 It may be Palm Sunday, but there’s no sign of leafy branches in Luke’s account of..
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