Are humans still made in God's image? Many find the idea of humans being created in the image/likeness of God a great thought to make the world a better place; eliminating all prejudices; inspiring us ...

A couple of weeks ago, my church joined many from the Christian tradition and celebrated Trinity Sunday. Since then, I have been thinking about what we mean when we say that every person is “made in ...

President Biden released a video message to mark International Transgender Day of Visibility on Thursday, saying that transgender people are “made in the image of God” and that their parents should ...

Does going to the doctor ever make you feel like a number? You’re not alone. A 2023 TIME magazine article explored the concept of “patient burnout,” or patients avoiding necessary medical care over ...

I attended the September service at Healing Spirit Metropolitan Community Church, at which the Rev. Troy Perry shared his message of hope and healing. I found his sermon to be spiritually uplifting.

Elizabeth Johnson has spent her entire life — or at least her decadeslong theological career — trying to get people to think differently about God, beyond the patriarchal image of an authoritarian old ...

Ralph Ellison’s novel depicts the quest for personal dignity in a society determined to deny it. “I am a man.” On February 12, 1968, over two hundred Black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, ...

A long white beard. A golden throne among clouds. A round and rosy face. Until I started college (yes, college) this was how I imagined God. Consciously or not, my version of God had the same ...

As a pastor, I’ve wrestled with the theological implications of my child’s disability. When my nine-year-old son Benji was an infant, we were in and out of hospitals for the first few months of his ...

There is a piece of Jewish lore about a group of Jews praying in a synagogue. The setting is Eastern Europe during a time of great antisemitism. On Rosh Hashana, as the Jews take out the Torah and ...