The acclaimed modern translation of St. Teresa of Avila's classic book on spiritual awareness and guidance
A present day view on Jesus's parable that's more important today than ever.
In the UPLIFT film ‘We Have the Power’, meet the unlikely leaders ending World Hunger. We are all more capable than we think.
Jacqueline Bussie knows that too many Christians live according to unspoken "laws" that govern the Christian life: #1: Never get angry at God; #2: Never doubt; #3: Never question; #4: Never tell your real story; #5: Always speak in clichés about evil and suffering; and #6: Always believe hope comes easy for those who truly love God.
The day's news and the ways we treat each other, overtly or subliminally, prove we are not yet living in post-racial America. It's hard to talk about race in America without everyone very quickly becoming defensive and shutting down.
Watch 2 videos of J.J. Warren on the General Conference of the United Methodist Church's decision on homosexuality.
An unflinching look at nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies.
Holly Near Edge
Send in a thousand grandmothers They will surely volunteer With their ancient wisdom flowing They will lend a loving ear
By William P. Young
After his daughter's murder, a grieving father confronts God with desperate questions -- and finds unexpected answers -- in this riveting and deeply moving #1 NYT bestseller.
Autumn Peltier is promoting the protection of sacred waters across the world.
Autumn Peltier already has years of advocacy behind her. She’s met the prime minister, she’s attended the Assembly of First Nations Annual General Assembly and she’s marched on the highway in the name of water protection. At just 13 years old, Peltier is now a nominee for the International Children’s Peace Prize.
Naturalism—as Religion, within Religions, or without Religion? IRAS, the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science, will have its 66th conference June 27 – July 4, 2020, at Star Island, NH
Millennials are more likely than other generations to shift from identifying as affiliated with a religious tradition to unaffiliated, according to the Pew Research Center’s most recent U.S. Religious Landscape Survey.
the church is failing its men—especially young men. There are a many young men who are aimless, uncertain and who feel something is lacking. They are looking for meaning and purpose in life. They may not even know they are searching. Doesn't this describe each of us at some point in our lives?
I wrote some thoughts down, recorded them and made a loop video with some amazing footage of Apsaalooke Jingle Dress dancer Monica Davis. Thank you Jihan Hafiz & Christiane Parrish for the amazing footage.
At the age of thirty-four, I am less bothered by the fact that I have to move back in with my parents than by the circumstances leading to the change.
With Ntozake Shange
The finale of her 1976 coreopoem "for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf," performed by the whole cast. Music by Diana Wharton.
In an age in which women’s reproductive rights are increasingly under attack, a minister and ethicist offers a stirring argument that abortion can be a moral good
Colleges, churches, therapy centers, and many other institutions benefiting the public are strengthened by students who've graduated from a Christian college.
Featuring Nahko, Trevor Hall & Paula Fuga
I wanna be good, I wanna do better Wanna live long, be strong, but I know I won't live forever So while I'm alive, I'm gonna make a spark And I hope that my life will be a light, shining bright for those who are lost in the dark
The Dakota Access Pipeline is a controversial project that brings fracked crude oil from the Bakken Shale in North Dakota through South Dakota, Iowa and eventually to Illinois. The Standing Rock Tribe and people all over the world oppose the project because the pipeline runs under the Missouri river, a source of drinking water for over 18 million people, and pipeline leaks are commonplace.
WIth Sobonfu Somé
Grieving is a natural gift of human nature. We are born with a wonderful ability to express our feelings.
This page-turner is beautiful; it’s painful; it’s shameful; it’s faithful; it’s real. Whatever your views are on faith and the afterlife, if you’ve ever felt like you were in a fog and needed hope, this book will wake you up.
Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians provides access into an underrepresented and misunderstood community and will change the way readers think about transgender people, faith, and the future of Christianity.
Based on a true story that gripped the country, When They See Us will chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color, labeled the Central Park Five, who were convicted of a rape they did not commit.