The Living Church

Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu, who played a key role in South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle and led the nation’s famed Truth and Reconciliation process, died of cancer December 26 in Cape Town, at 90

Archbishop Desmond Tutu died the day after Christmas at the age of 90. As the Nobel Prize-winning Anglican cleric is remembered around the world, TLC is republishing this personal tribute from the September 5, 2021 edition. By Meredith Tilp In 1984 I was the Africa grants associate for Trinity Church Wall Street. The first time […]

The very nature of God and his ways with us cause us both joy and discomfort. Who can hear Jesus telling us to love our enemies, be generous with the ungrateful, and kind to those who hurt us without wincing at the memory of our resentment and even retaliation? There is inevitable suffering in the […]

Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry joins the Today show cast on Christmas Eve for a boisterous conversation on the spirit of Christmas.

By Kirk Petersen Just in time for Christmas, the District of Columbia became the hottest of hot spots for new COVID cases, leading Washington National Cathedral to close its doors for Christmas and for the remainder of the year. “As one of the largest churches in America, we routinely welcome more than 15,000 people to […]

Britain’s most influential Jewish organization called for a meeting with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to discuss “deeply troubling” portions of an op-ed about the plight of Israel’s Palestinian Christians that he co-wrote for the December 19 Sunday Times.

Though we are dead in our sin and lost in our rejection of Christ, Christ continues to pursue us in judgment and mercy.

Two bishops hope their Native American roots will help overcome conflict about same-sex marriage.