(RNS) — The wildly popular troubadour was equal parts Pentecostal flair and Disney levels of cartoonish imagination.

(The Conversation) — The story of how three Black churches endured events similar to those afflicting society today can give both solace and hope.

(RNS) — Why should Muslims need permission to wear a hijab, or anyone for that matter, whatever their religious observance?

(RNS) — Given what’s at stake for families, faith-based regulations about social service organizations should not take years to put in place.

(The Conversation) — The word “Lent” has Germanic roots referring to springtime. But not much is known about its origins as the religious observance.

(RNS) — I hunger greatly for deeper connections at church, a frank acknowledgment that most of us are the walking wounded.

(RNS) — How not to say goodbye to a very dangerous man.

(RNS) — The refusal to confront the white supremacy at the Capitol is a refusal to reconcile America’s lofty democratic rhetoric with the state of its floundering institutions.

(RNS) — Anti-Asian attacks have been skyrocketing at an alarming rate since the start of the pandemic. Yet there has been a gaping void of evangelical voices publicly speaking up to defend their Asian American brothers and sisters.

(RNS) — It is deeply troubling to see so many men, especially in ministry leadership, find a more immediate connection with the abuser rather than the abused.

(RNS) — It was not celebrity culture that taught Ravi Zacharias, Carl Lentz and countless other pastors to objectify women. Our evangelical culture primed them for it.

(The Conversation) — It evokes a long political history that goes back to the Indian nationalist movement against British rule.