August 2026
21 articles
Current Events
The Sabbath Stand-Off Outside a Jerusalem Café
Outside an alley espresso counter near Mahane Yehuda, a dispute over weekend caffeine lays bare the fractured state of Israeli civic identit…
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The Table-Turner’s Foreclosure: Why Jesus Wasn’t Just Losing His Temper
We’ve all seen the dramatic Sunday school depictions: Jesus, eyes wild, braiding a whip in a sudden fit of rage, sending coins flying…
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The Pulpit, the Ballot, and the Law
How American houses of worship speak out on contentious public issues without forfeiting their tax exemption.
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The False Mercy of the Missed Connection
Attributing survival on September 11 to divine intervention offers comfort to the living, but it distorts the teachings of Jesus on human su…
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Faith, Mercy, and the Necessary Limits of Religious Exemptions
When a neutral public-health or child-protection law imposes an incidental burden on a religious practice, the law must stand unless it cros…
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ACLU Appeals Texas Ten Commandments Law to Supreme Court
A coalition of parents from diverse faith traditions is asking the justices to overturn a contentious ruling that declared a decades-old chu…
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When the Fringe Enters the Ballot Box: The Bilzerian Ad and a Bipartisan Reckoning
The normalization of bigotry under the guise of "political provocation" or "edgy internet culture" has metastasized into a direct threat to…
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The Scaffolding of Faith: Why Religious Freedom Matters Every Day
Regardless of whether the end of time is one year away or several centuries away, we are called to faithfully steward the time, communities,…
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The Monument of Silicon: Entering the Age of the Terafab
We are witnessing the frantic, monumental construction of an industrial engine designed to automate the planet.
