My struggle with Mary
Can Jesus’ mother be redeemed from the church’s tendency to parcel her up into a patriarchal box and then label it “glory”?
Are all Christians adopted?
Gifts you can read
Settling into the joy of vocation
When stagnant waters become fresh
Books
The rituals we need
Letters to Anthropocene kids
Seeking justice for a 19th-century rape survivor
Burial with dignity
In This Issue
My struggle with Mary
The eerie call of John the Baptist
The rituals we need
Latest
My struggle with Mary
Voices
Rachel Mann
My struggle with Mary
Can Jesus’ mother be redeemed from the church’s tendency to parcel her up into a patriarchal box and then label it “glory”?
Yolanda Pierce
Settling into the joy of vocation
My life must be lived as a response to something beyond myself and my material needs.
Debie Thomas
Between the Bible and me
The version of Christian history I grew up with hit fast-forward after John’s Revelation and held it until the late 20th century.
Samuel Wells
The emotion standing in the way of peace
Anger can be both healthy and helpful. Rage offers only destruction.
Philip Jenkins
The literal drama of church history
Life in the Roman and Byzantine empires was utterly theatrical.
Heidi Neumark
My Pentecostal kin
In my Argentine in-laws’ neighborhoods, there are Protestant churches on every corner. They aren’t mainline.
Politics
The rituals we need
When stagnant waters become fresh
