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Rehearsing for the revolution

The No Kings protests made their politics real to everyone who watched—including the state.
by Colton Bernasol
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Beyond the teachable moment

Once we know something, we should ask, What now?
by Julian DeShazier
Features

How I became religiously multiple

I’m on a personal journey into Buddhist–Christian belonging.
by Alex DeMarco
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Calls for peace ring on 80th anniversary of atomic bombings

by World Council of Churches
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Essays by readers: Face

We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “Face.”

Books

Sola natura

Richard Higgins offers a remarkably full account of Henry David Thoreau’s ever-evolving faith.
by Tom Montgomery Fate

A diary of small apocalypses

In Charlotte Wood’s novel, an atheist is driven by climate despair to an isolated convent, where she grapples with layers of grief.
by C. J. Surbaugh

A history of muscular Christianity in the US

Paul Putz traces the influence of evangelicalism on sports, from the birth of the YMCA to Colin Kaepernick.
by Jeffrey L. Johnson

Christology without supersessionism

Chris Green invites Christians to a humbler reading of scripture—one that listens, learns, and refuses to displace Israel’s voice.
by Jesper Svartvik

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Church membership may be declining, but many churchgoers are double-dosing

by Yonat Shimron and Adelle M. Banks
Sunday’s Coming

Things unseen (Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16)

There is much more to Hebrews 11 than a definition of faith and a litany of Bible stories.

by Lilia Ellis

Voices

Beyond the teachable moment

Once we know something, we should ask, What now?
by Julian DeShazier
Features

Rehearsing for the revolution

The No Kings protests made their politics real to everyone who watched—including the state.
by Colton Bernasol

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Why make things?

I couldn’t afford a nice bookshelf, and I couldn’t bring myself to buy a cheap one. So I headed to the hardware store.

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Politics

Features

Rehearsing for the revolution

The No Kings protests made their politics real to everyone who watched—including the state.
by Colton Bernasol
Features

How politicians use the Bible

Scholar Hannah Strømmen provides a helpful guide for navigating our scripture-saturated political discourse.
by Mac Loftin
First Words

The apology deficit

Ours is an era of cultivated transgressiveness, in which leaders vice signal their lack of interest in apologizing when they’re wrong.
by Peter W. Marty
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Voices

The case for being a killjoy

We may be reluctant to say anything that sounds puritanical. But our private morality really does matter.
by Phil Christman

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