Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a ...

In my mother’s garden, the forsythiaburns gold but is never consumed.I’ve walked past it for forty years,barefoot on grass then gravel then concrete,never thinking to remove my shoes.When the hospice ...

Nimrod is the biblical archetype of the corrupt leader obsessed with his own power.

David Zepf teaches creative writing at Lincoln Land Community College and volunteers with a literacy program for adults. From theological reflections to breaking religion news to the latest books, the ...

This is not a call to naïveté or positivity or cheap hope. No, the kind of hope scripture helps us imagine is a hard-won hope ...

Sing Christmas carols during Advent. Put up the tree before Halloween.

Alan Bean leads the nonprofit Friends of Justice, a narrative-based criminal justice reform organization. He has served as an ...

Why has the authority of American elites been swept aside? Historian Molly Worthen argues that it’s because they failed ...

To grow into Christ’s likeness is to step away from power and toward failure.

As Christians, we need to protest authoritarianism and support the people it targets. We also need to underscore the deep ...

It’s difficult to determine exactly how many ministers are bivocational, but one survey estimates that one-third of US ...