We’re sixteen Republican debates into the election season. By November, we’ll have all whipped ourselves into a vitriolic froth and will have convinced ourselves that the very survival of the planet hinged on the result of the...

(Editor’s note:  This article was written for Rachel Held Evans’ Rally to Restore Unity—a week-long celebration of Christian unity and fundraising effort for Charity:Water) From where I sit – comfortably, I might add – a lot of people are walking around with massive wedgies these days. ...

I suppose I’m too young to be sentimental about the good ol’ days, but I remember when each hefty local paper had a significant religion section. Now, as subscriptions wane and advertisers pull out, newspapers are forced to scale back their paper’s coverage, which, for most, starts with nixing...