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I have so much emotions and thoughts in my mind, heart, and body – in...

From the moment they set foot on North American soil, the Puritans who came to...

Blacks and whites have sharply different reactions to the police shooting of an unarmed teen...

Strange fruit currently hangs over many seminaries in the United States of America. Though unity...

The Rev. Dominique C. Atchison stood at the lectern in the church fellowship hall, her...

Lerone A. Martin has joined the faculty of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion...

by Edward BlumR3 ContributorIt seemed like every few months an African American man had been...

by Raedorah C. StewartSpecial to R3Sometimes I fear I may have been too justice minded,...

by Jamye WootenSpecial to R3“We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we...

by Andre E. JohnsonR3 EditorFollow Andre on Twitter @aejohnsonphdRecently my wife Lisa and I attended...

by Earle FisherR3 ContributorFollow Earle on Twitter @pastor_earleThis post first appeared at Rainbows and LilacsI watched it....

by Kimberly Peeler-RingerR3 ContributorFollow Kimberly on Twitter @kpringerAbout a year ago I wrote an essay entitled “The...

I had been hearing rumblings for a couple weeks, but Thursday morning I awoke to...

By Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas Ph.DFollow Elizabeth on Twitter @MoveProfPhDLike many in the nation, I waited...

Omar Akersim prays regularly and observes the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast. He is also openly gay.Akersim,...

By Andre E. Key, PhDFollow on Twitter @AKeyPhD What happens when you combine James Cone’s...

This week I read an article from Samantha Pugsley in which she bravely recounted her...

The last several months have seen many thoughtful responses to Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “A Case for...

An article on WORLD magazine’s website bemoans a Grammy-nominated Christian band’s “drift from biblical orthodoxy.” The substance of this move toward...

Between Thursday evening and Sunday on July 4 weekend, 82 people were shot in the...

Christopher Bonner asked an excellent question in his recent post, “What can we truly know...

Pastors spend a lot of time solving problems, and that means asking questions. Unfortunately, most...

by Andre E. JohnsonR3 Editor*Read part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. Get your...

It’s not easy being a celebrity pastor these days with that pesky Internet around.Consider the...

I’ve been thinking a lot about privilege lately. Well, not just lately. I overheard that...

When Philadelphia’s St. Paul Baptist Church hired the Rev. Leslie Callahan as its first female...

My heart jumped when I saw the poster at the entrance to the Muslim community...

For someone seeking a full-time job as a church pastor, Justin Barringer would seem to...

When a congregation has to leave its church building, it’s like moving away from home....

Debate about religion in American public life existed well before America’s independence. Many talk about...