Features
The shape of ashes
Why I went to seminary: A senators theological education
Scientists and seminarians: Theologian Lea Schweitz
The story we share: Toward a unifying campus vision
Paying for seminary: M.Div.s in debt
Young life together: Bonhoeffer as youth minister
Voices
Stephanie Paulsell
Marked as human
On Ash Wednesday, as we remember our sins and ask to be forgiven, let's also remember what we love and ask to love it more.
Philip Jenkins
Chilembwe’s rising
A century ago, a period of stunning Christian growth began. Africa's independent churches claim John Chilembwe as a symbol of a new native Christianity, free from its paternalistic and missionary roots.
Books
Meeting God in Mark, by Rowan Williams
Incurable condition
Not every ailment can be fixed—or should be. Atul Gawande thinks we need to talk about this.
Contesting Catholicity, by Curtis W. Freeman
Curtis Freeman's book addresses primarily Baptists, but his concern matters to all Christians who live in denominational separatism but are summoned to embrace the richness of catholic faith.
In God’s Hands, by Desmond Tutu
God’s Planet, by Owen Gingerich
Stephen Jay Gould regarded science and religion as addressing different kinds of questions. Owen Gingerich goes a step farther with a more nuanced approach.