A couple of weeks ago, the Occupy Wall Street protests looked like a typical gathering of disgruntled young people, not unlike protests outside WTO or World Bank gatherings over the past decade. But as this movement has grown, its public image has quickly become more diverse. I saw a picture...

Despite 650,000 signatures, a letter from more than 50 members of the U.S. Congress, and a personal plea from former Georgia governor and U.S. President Jimmy Carter, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency to Troy Davis yesterday. He is scheduled for execution at 7 p.m. today....

When the gospel connects with a person's deep need, conversion happens. Every evangelical knows this. When the gospel connects with society's deep need, revival happens. Sometimes we forget this.

But the Holy Spirit has a way of reminding us. Early in America's industrial era, when the transition from farm to...

Millions of Americans will gather today in hotel ballrooms and on town squares, in church buildings and on campus lawns, for National Day of Prayer. Millions of other Americans will, no doubt, look on this public religious act with some suspicion. Is National Day of Prayer a religious cover for...

In public schools and community centers across the United States, Black History Month means that the busts of presidents on January's bulletin boards have been replaced by images of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X and Rosa Parks. As a nation, we pause to recall our terrible history of...

We know Santa's not scheduled to show up for another few weeks, and the kids aren't even out of school yet, but thousands of folks around the world have been partying for the past week. To celebrate the release of Common Prayer, a new resource to help the...