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Indulgence: Essays by readers
We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “indulgence.”
Can we talk about marijuana at church?
A Bible-belt Presbyterian woman thinks her THC cookies are benefiting her. She also thinks she can't tell anyone.
by Adam Hearlson
If the world is a gift, then all the things to which you relate—and many to which you don't—are also God's relation to you.
by Miroslav Volf
Matt Yglesias makes some interesting points here, and I'll echo his pick for best pizza place in DC. Still: if making homemade pizza is doing it wrong, I don’t want to do it right.
By Steve Thorngate