In her 12 years as an ordained minister, the Rev. Sarah Reed has concentrated on a core message, one that she preaches 50 different ways a year. She said that message — about God’s love and ...

On Thursday (Oct. 17), a video began going viral of a preacher unironically using the phrase "no Diddy" during a sermon. The video, which can be seen below, comes from a church service at Oakwood ...

“The Lord is kind and merciful” (Psalm 103). Jas 5:9-12; Mk 10:1-12 Today’s Gospel shows that even in Jesus’ time the question of marriage and divorce was controversial. The Pharisees posed the ...

Pastors in metro Atlanta offered passionate but diverse reactions Sunday to the Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage. At St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Downtown Atlanta, the Rev. Heather ...

When Gene Robinson became the Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire in 2003, he wore a bulletproof vest under his vestments during his ordination service. Robinson was the first openly gay person to be ...

At a black Pentecostal church in Raleigh, N.C., the Rev. Patrick Wooden entered the sanctuary on Sunday to a standing ovation, exulting that God’s “high hand” had led voters last week to pass a ...

The context of Jesus’s defense of marriage is the Pharisee’s defense of a husband’s right to dismiss his wife. We should not be surprised that Jesus defends the ideal of indissolubility found in ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. In an article in The New York Times, philosopher Alain de Botton claims that for 250 years many of us have been deluded by ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. Editor's Note: The following illustration was adapted from a German pastor who wrote a meditation for a couple's 50th ...