‘It’s not that we’re trying to rewrite history. It’s simply that women have been obscured,’ said Beth Allison Barr.

Some 67 churches in the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church have officially become Lighthouse Congregations. In joining the network, they have committed to remaining United Methodist and to affirming LGBTQ people.

A distinct majority of those who pray (87%) said they believed they’d received an answer to their prayers in the last 12 months.

‘When abuse is framed as just black and white, it can be harder for people going through it to reckon with it and realize it,’ said writer/director Laurel Parmet.

The transition from the pathos of the cross to the grandeur of the resurrection is not abrupt. There is a rising crescendo that swells to the moment of breaking forth from the grave clothes and the shroud of the tomb.

We live in a day of deeply contentious disagreement. When we disagree with each other, we have two choices: We can maintain the ultimate mark of a Christian, or we can abandon and betray it. 

None of us are perfect, but that doesn’t mean we are to withhold honor from people who are dishonorable.

Among the richest pastors in the world are some very recognizable names, and a few you may not have heard of. But you probably won't recognize any names among those who serve for an "average" salary.