Friendship, a covenant, romance—no matter what you call it, David’s love for Jonathan is one of the Bible’s most beautiful ...

Biblical teaching generally pushes Christians to advocate for submission to authorities, whether in politics or in the church ...

This combination of political radicalism and biblical Christianity makes Stringfellow a strange but refreshing voice today, ...

In the Bible, fire appears as a divine manifestation. Before Moses, the burning bush is aflame but not consumed (Exodus 3:3), signaling God’s presence and initiating dialogue. During Israel’s ...

Norman Lear was a force of nature in television. His progressive, boundary-breaking comedies—like All in the Family, Sanford ...

Half full or half empty? It has been debated for years and centers around a drinking glass containing water. Some say how you answer that question says a lot about your personality, demeanor, and even ...

Britain’s first black woman bishop tells her story for the first time in a new memoir.

All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: Without the support of our Christian church in the Houston suburbs, my daughter ...

The most verbose executive orders are likely the ones with the least power to effect change, a fact Trump's minions are ...

The joint trips of Pope Francis with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Lesbos in 2016 or with former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to South Sudan in 2023 are recent illustrations.

For the past two weeks, adulation over Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde’s scolding of President Donald Trump and Vice President ...