Voices

The spirituality of waiting

If God is present in the planting and the harvest, then God is present in the time when nothing seems to be happening.

by Yolanda Pierce
Voices

Cycling my way to peace

Turning the pedals over again and again, I began to feel the fullness of who I am and how I was made.
by Brian Bantum
Features

The wisdom of dreamwork

“I don’t interpret dreams,” says poet and spiritual director Rodger Kamenetz. “I bring them to life.”
by Amy Frykholm
Voices

Virtuous friendship

Prudence and constancy might not sound like much fun, but they create the load-bearing relationships communities need to flourish.
by Rachel Mann
Features

Jesus among the drag queens

Those who are offended by the Opening Ceremonies tableau should take another look at their New Testaments.
by Brandon Ambrosino

Books

In an age of isolation, what does it mean to belong?

Educator and activist Kim Samuel calls readers to recognize the gift (and necessity) of one another.
by Samuel Wells

Another reason Rome fell

When the Antonine Plague hit in 165, says historian Colin Elliott, the Roman Empire was already well on its way to failure.
by Philip Jenkins

Everything from nothing

Theologian Brian Robinette argues that the beleaguered doctrine of creatio ex nihilo is both important and practical.
by J. Scott Jackson

A permanent foreigner

Grace Loh Prasad’s memoir shows how the death of parents, for a child of immigrants, represents the vanishing of entire worlds.
by Tony Tian-Ren Lin

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Books

In an age of isolation, what does it mean to belong?

Educator and activist Kim Samuel calls readers to recognize the gift (and necessity) of one another.
by Samuel Wells
Voices

The spirituality of waiting

If God is present in the planting and the harvest, then God is present in the time when nothing seems to be happening.
by Yolanda Pierce
In the Lectionary

August 11, Ordinary 19B, (John 6:35, 41–51)

We need to wrestle with the meaning of Jesus’ flesh as bread, bread we are to consume.
by Kelli Joyce

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In an age of isolation, what does it mean to belong?

Educator and activist Kim Samuel calls readers to recognize the gift (and necessity) of one another.
by Samuel Wells
In the Lectionary

August 11, Ordinary 19B, (John 6:35, 41–51)

We need to wrestle with the meaning of Jesus’ flesh as bread, bread we are to consume.
by Kelli Joyce
Voices

The spirituality of waiting

If God is present in the planting and the harvest, then God is present in the time when nothing seems to be happening.
by Yolanda Pierce

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Virtuous friendship

Prudence and constancy might not sound like much fun, but they create the load-bearing relationships communities need to flourish.

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The deluge and after

This spring, I was new to the Midwest—and the cataclysm of a biblical flood was not on my agenda.
by Eric C. Garner
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Can we build our own future?

Elon Musk’s techno-optimism needs something to temper it. Maybe the dimmer outlook of a companion named Hobbes.
by A. Trevor Sutton
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Empathy for the demagogue

On July 13, Trump’s human vulnerability was palpable. The threat he poses to democracy remained as real as ever.
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The shared root of antisemitism and White supremacy

Historian Magda Teter identifies an endemic rot at the center of Christianity.
by Kathryn Julian

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