Microbes in the manger

God is humbly present in every living creature. Maybe closer than we’ve imagined.

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The grace of apocalyptic imagination

As the depth of the climate crisis is revealed, our despair grows. But God hovers at the edge of doom.

Music for the apocalypse

Growing up, I never understood the book of Revelation. Then I started listening to Black Sabbath.

Evangelical reckonings

Randall Balmer, David Gushee, and Tim Alberta diagnose what’s gone wrong.

The tropes that birth the hero

It is admirable that Bonhoeffer endeavors to highlight Black life. But one must be careful that the Black life of one’s representation is not playing in the dark of caricatured Black people.