The 3 Pledges Every Christian Child Should Remember
As I get older, I find more and more memories coming back that I had long since forgotten had ever existed
Opinion
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Mary wasn’t ready to be a mom
Each Advent offers a new opportunity to meditate on some of the strangest mysteries of God
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‘We Out’: Prominent Black Pastor on Why His Church is Leaving the SBC Over Rejection of Critical Race Theory
When did the theological architects of American slavery develop the moral character to tell the church how it should discuss and discern racism? When did those who have yet to hire multiple Black or brown faculty at their seminaries assume ethical authority on the subject of systemic injustice?
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Checking On Our Mental Health
Columnist Christopher Dixon writes that while we want to enjoy the Christmas season, this year it brings no reprieve from the heaviness that we’re all enduring. Thus, we need to keep our mental health in check.
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Cleveland Club Restores Our Faith that We — & Baseball — Have the Power to Change
John C. Dorhauer, general minister and president of the United Church of Christ, thanks the baseball team in Cleveland for deciding to change its mascot away from Native American imagery.
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Oh, To Be the Magi
Editor Brian Kaylor reflects on the Magi in the biblical story and how they inspired his imagination as a child and still today. They’re mysterious, magical, powerful, wise .... all things he wants to be.
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Embracing a Legacy of Conflict
Columnist Terrell Carter writes that Jesus gave his disciples an earnest rundown of how their lives would be changed due to following him. Although discipleship would be a blessing, it would also carry a cost with struggle, conflict, and separation in many ways.
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Is Christmas a pagan holiday?
Sunshine argued that December 25th was not chosen as the date for Christmas in order to co-opt a pagan solstice festival
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The Death Grip of Rulers
President Donald Trump will leave the White House next month after overseeing a deadly year of federal executions. We should pause and reflect on this moment. After all, our government conducts this killing spree in our names and with our resources.
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American history down the memory hole?
Is this holiday becoming so politically incorrect that one day it will be doomed to be sent down the memory hole
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Ask Chuck: Tips for talking finances with your spouse
My husband told me we need to discuss our family finances I asked him if we could wait until after the holidays He agreed to but I m a nervous wreck What should I do to prepare
