Readers Write

Essays by readers: Face

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

Voices

The shelter of fabric

I gravitate toward Jesus’ instructions to provide food. I tend to gloss over the verses about clothing.
by Stephanie Perdew
Features

Tenderness under pressure

I want to be a gentle parent. In our culture, this often feels out of reach.
by Liz Tichenor
Features

How politicians use the Bible

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

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.
by Brian Bantum

Books

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

Jack Caputo’s insistent, nonexistent God

According to the radical theologian, “God’s essence is in our hands.”
by Jesse Lava

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How I became religiously multiple

I’m on a personal journey into Buddhist–Christian belonging.
by Alex DeMarco
Readers Write

Essays by readers: Face

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

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
News

Navajoland pilgrimage welcomes Indigenous leaders from across Anglican Communion

by David Paulsen

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Voices

Sketch of Stephanie Perdew
Illustration of columnist Rachel Mann
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Brian Bantum

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.

Sketch of Phil Christman
Illustration of Kelly Brown Douglas
Illustration of columnist Isaac S. Villegas

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Politics

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
From the Editors

The politics of performance

In the Trump era, the narrative around legislative efforts seems to matter a lot more than the actual results.

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