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Quinn G. Caldwell As I get older, I find myself sometimes hyper-aware of the narrowing of possibilities for my future.

Molly Baskette A year or so ago a Facebook friend asked me to relinquish my whiteness.

Tony Robinson I've been wondering, could God's real name be "With"?

Donna Schaper Philosopher and political theorist Herbert Marcuse, 1898–1979, said that, in his time, we had developed an "authoritarian ritualization of discourse."

Kenneth L. Samuel For many persons, the final words of the celebrated twenty-third Psalm speak to the heavenly abode of an eternal resting place.

I'm sometimes asked why there are 1,500 Open and Affirming (ONA) congregations in the United Church of Christ.

More than 750 people of faith converged on Washington, D.C., for Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2018, to stand with brothers and sisters who have been uprooted in this country and around the world, and to gain the tools necessary to push for just policies to change and better the lives of immigrants and refugees living in […]

A Michigan UCC congregation had a pretty hands-on way of celebrating Earth Day. After their pastor preached an award-winning sermon about how people of faith are called to be caretakers of God's creation, members immediately put that call into action, continuing Sunday worship outdoors using their hands and feet.