Churches that embrace people with disabilities do more than they imagine.

Advocacy groups wrap up an unusually busy Christmas season and prepare for 2010.

Unraveling the Supreme Court's tangled view of public crosses.

Campus ministries swap pizza for compassion.

As political rhetoric focused on evil and injustice this week, prayer seemed to be the strategy of choice.

David Zac Niringiye, the Church of Uganda's assistant bishop of Kampala, says that American Christians should cultivate relationships before condemning the proposed legislation.

American pastors and leaders are united in condemning the legislation while Ugandans are united in support.

Matthew Lee Anderson's online ruminations go deep.

70 percent of the world lives in areas with high restrictions on religion, report says.

What's the biggest change needed in how charities and federal agencies deliver aid to developing nations?

Conservatives are licking their wounds from fights over abortion funding, health care reform, a gay-rights nominee, embryonic stem cell research, and Uganda's anti-gay law.

Religious freedom experts are surprised and cautiously optimistic, but disagree on proposal.

Like the rest of us, advocacy groups came back from the Thanksgiving holiday to find a long to-do list waiting for them, filled with issues at home and abroad.

Churches try to balance grace and accountability toward sex offenders.

The 2008 Republican presidential candidate talks about his Christmas book, Sarah Palin, and who should be welcomed in the Republican Party.

The Dickens classic is not just charming. It's also brutally realistic about the world, then and now.

Church leaders and observers weigh in on a current debate.

Also: advocacy groups gear up for the Christmas shopping season with politics and compassion.

Jonathan Merritt seeks a renewed approach to American society.