The two, young, expelled-and-now-reinstated Tennessee lawmakers cite the influence of faith-based activism upon them.

Is Judas beyond the reach of God’s love? Carol Bechtel wonders.

Attendance is down, but maybe not as much as reported. It is more complicated than just being down.

Antiracism has become a runaway train hijacked by managerial classes claiming the progressive banner.

Do Justice explores what it means to be an ally to people with disabilities.

Carol Bechtel looks at the troubling and controversial passages in 1 Corinthians.

What a decade of an open, curious, and non-defensive pope has done for the Catholic Church.

A review of the new film about the “Jesus Freaks” and Chuck Smith in the 1960s. From “The Anxious Bench” on Patheos.