Gifts you can read

When it comes to giving gifts, it’s hard to go wrong with words. Here are some of the wordy gifts we’ll be giving this Christmas.

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Gifts you can read

When it comes to giving gifts, it’s hard to go wrong with words. Here are some of the wordy gifts we’ll be giving this Christmas.

Settling into the joy of vocation

My life must be lived as a response to something beyond myself and my material needs.

Seeking justice for a 19th-century rape survivor

In 1894, Baylor University covered up the rape of a 14-year-old girl on campus. Two Baylor professors make the case against the university.

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Before and after the end (Mark 13:24-37)

Jesus speaks of end things as a way of contextualizing all the other things in life that feel like endings.

Gifts you can read

When it comes to giving gifts, it’s hard to go wrong with words. Here are some of the wordy gifts we’ll be giving this Christmas.

Seeking justice for a 19th-century rape survivor

In 1894, Baylor University covered up the rape of a 14-year-old girl on campus. Two Baylor professors make the case against the university.

Settling into the joy of vocation

My life must be lived as a response to something beyond myself and my material needs.

Politics

When stagnant waters become fresh

The dams on the Klamath River are coming down. Their removal reflects a very different theology than their construction.

The emotion standing in the way of peace

Anger can be both healthy and helpful. Rage offers only destruction.

A nonviolent war effort

Thomas Ricks analyzes the civil rights movement in military terms.

Impoverished by design

Sociologist Mark Rank shows how the United States systematically produces economic vulnerability.