The Cohabitation Dilemma Comes for America’s Pastors
More evangelicals are living together before marriage. Church leaders struggle to respond.
Black Books Matter
There’s much more to read than racism woes of suffering and struggle.
Book List: Our Favorite Easter Resources for Kids
10 faith-enriching picture books.
Sorry, ‘Emergence Christianity’ Still Isn’t the Reformation
Phyllis Tickle’s investigation into the varieties of “emergence Christianity” is insufficiently skeptical about “this new thing that God is doing.”
Notable Sacred Music for 2011
From an 11-year-old prodigy to traditional choral favorites, some of the year’s best.
Sacred Music Roundup
This new roundup looks at the best new releases in sacred music. Highlights include Libera, James Whitbourn, and the National Lutheran Choir.
JesUSAves
Stephen Nichols argues that Americans have remade Jesus in their own image.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Accuses Priest Critic of Adultery
Plus: Whether evangelicals can recover from a Catholic’s fall, the escalating cost of abuse, and many other stories from online sources around the world.
Pastors Off the Hook in Sex Cases
Earl Paulk case dropped, Lonnie Latham not guilty, Md. pastor gets mistrial. Plus: Calling Akinola out on Nigeria’s anti-gay law, W&M’s cross returns, Jars of Clay’s un-Dixie Chicks moment, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Supreme Court Hears ‘Bong Hits’
Also: Episcopalians disregard leaders’ decisions, and the Iraq war turns four.