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The Separation of Church and State Is Good for Both

To advocate for one political candidate over another, however well intentioned, takes us down an unsteady and perilous path, where discernment is considerably less clear.

A Walk with Jesus: Liturgical Improvisation as Resistance

A Good Friday ecumenical procession demonstrated that following the cross is political, a sign that God’s power is made perfect in weakness.

Politics and Paul’s Mission

Where are our allegiances? Now maybe the time for "a politics of small ends,' a politics that renounces bitter binaries that sew hatred, destruction, and death.

Who Are ‘We the People’?: The Church as Politics

Political questions, especially about immigration, become more complex when we see the people involved joining us at the communion rail.

Letters to the Editor, March 28

God’s Values, Compromised Communion, and Thanks for International News

Loving My Enemies—A Lenten Discipline

Jesus’ call to love one's enemies forecloses both soft-pedalling the truth about enmity and rejecting enemies out of hand. This visceral reflection is an invitation to deeper transformation in Christ.

Kenyan Archbishop Bans Speeches by Politicians

The ban moves the Anglican Church of Kenya into a stricter separation of church and state than is common in the United States.

The Church and the Illusion of Political Salvation

An experienced community organizer challenges the trend in the Episcopal Church to immerse ourselves in the mechanisms of political change. By stepping back from the illusion of political salvation, Omar Cisneros writes, we can focus on what we are uniquely equipped by God himself to offer, the Gospel.

Field Notes for Episcopalians on the 80 Percent

Despite many worthy efforts at explication, evangelical remains an uncertain label. Always an admixture of theology, history, and sociology, a turning mobile of persons,...

Activist Aims to Liberate Kenyan Church from Political Corruption

“Politicians living flashy lifestyles and dishing out unexplained millions in fundraisers at churches each Sunday troubled me,” says Anglican layman Mwabili Mwagodi.

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