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Mary Luti For the sake of the church at Philippi, Paul chose to remain. 

Kenneth L. Samuel National Geographic reports that the world's newest religion is no religion.

Matt Fitzgerald In 1937 H. Richard Niebuhr wrote that in a moment of political crisis, there are four kinds of inactivity.

Donna Schaper I don't want to pick a fight about baptism so much as to say that the ritual itself may need a good long look.

Anthony Robinson I was fired up about faith moving mountains, but suddenly stopped short by "Forgive, if you have anything against anyone."

The members of Windsor United Church of Christ are changing up how best to use the money raised from its annual Fall Festival. Typically, those dollars are used toward the church's expenses — helping pay bills and offsetting the other ministry costs. But this year, after a series of hurricanes rocked the southern United States […]

A Colorado congregation of the United Church of Christ will celebrate the 30th anniversary next month of its Open and Affirming designation, which embraces the church's full inclusion and affirmation of all people.

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from thwarting the exercise of certain individual freedoms: such as freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and the right to petition. It's the last two items that have been on my mind lately.