Jimmy Carter referenced Jesus in an interview with Playboy magazine and it cost the Democratic presidential nominee more than he could fathom in the moment. “I’ve committed adultery in my heart many ...

The author reveals a Philadelphia church's story and faith's evolving role. Journalist Eliza Griswold turned a chance encounter on the streets of Philadelphia into an exploration of a progressive ...

It’s hard to hear the word of the Lord on Facebook Live. Of all the challenges my family faced in 2020—and there were many—online church was one of the worst. Corralling my children (then 4 and 9) to ...

Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power and Justice in an American Church. By Eliza Griswold. Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 352 pages; $30. Headline; £25 THEY CONGREGATED in an opioid-plagued ...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's 2009 Churchwide Assembly was a landmark gathering. After years of debate, voting members at last August's assembly opened the door for non-celibate gays to ...

A Minnesota-based network of conservative Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church members is taking the first "baby steps" toward creating a new association of churches within the ELCA, the ...