Make peace with the megachurch as your neighbor

Try Pie helps Iowa teens build bonds across racial and economic divides 

Apple, pumpkin, blueberry or pecan, sometimes a pie is more than a pie. To a group of teenage girls in Cedar Falls and Waterloo, Iowa, pies mean jobs, education, faith development and reconciliation. > Read more

Derrick Weston: How can white allies help dismantle systemic racism? Christian institutions can support people of color by investing money in minority leaders, scholarship, safe spaces and church buildings, writes a blogger and ordained PCUSA minister. > Read more

Kate Bowler: Make peace with the megachurch as your neighbor An astonishing half of all U.S. churchgoers attend the largest 7 percent of congregations. An assistant professor of church history wonders: What does the era of 'big' have to teach us? And what new connections must be forged to keep us all vibrant? > Read more

Alaina Kleinbeck: Youth ministers are advocates for all young people in their communities Young people are vulnerable, and churches must experiment with more holistic approaches to youth ministry, writes the director of Duke Youth Academy. > Read more

Edgar Moore: The biological foundation of our common humanity A book on the science of the microbes within our bodies pushes us to see ourselves less as individuals and more as interconnected, interdependent multitudes. What happens when the checks and balances of these teeming multitudes dissolve? > Read more

Ken Evers-Hood: 'The irrational Jesus'

In this excerpt from his new book, a Presbyterian pastor writes that the full, 'irrational' humanity of Jesus that causes him to make mistakes and regrettable statements is the same humanity that generates his compassion and hunger for justice.

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