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Looking for healing in “the pitt”

The ER in Scott Gemmill’s medical drama is a virus-infected Petri dish of all that ails the body politic.
by Kathryn Reklis
Voices

My new understanding of mountaintop faith

Together, the Psalms and the Korean concept of han have changed my perspective on the emotional Christianity of my childhood.
by Peter Choi
Features

Why does the Southern Baptist Convention wield so much political influence?

The SBC is loud, but it represents a slim minority of Christians who are out of step with the rest of the country.
by Brandon Ambrosino
News

In LA, faith leaders protest to stand up for the detained and to keep the peace

by Jack Jenkins
Features

In the Bible, gender is not binary

The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one of them.
by Julie Faith Parker

Books

Ecclesiastes and the heart-wrenching lives of migrants

Helen Boursier explores spirituality before, during, and after people decide to cross into the United States.
by M. C. Lohrmann

A poetic search for belief

Amy Newman’s new collection is less a theodicy and more an apology, a defense of life in the face of imperfection.
by Lilia Ellis

The power of covenant and courage

Irving Greenberg aims to reassure Jews and non-Jews alike that the life of the spirit is worth the effort.
by Israel Zoberman

The criminalized apostles

Jeremy Williams offers an indispensable study of the book of Acts and the rhetoric of crime in the Roman Empire.
by Jimmy Hoke

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In the Lectionary

June 22, Ordinary 12C (1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a; Psalm 42 and 43)

Psalms 42 and 43 remind us of the ways a spiritual practice can prepare us for whatever trials we meet in life.
by Martha Spong
Voices

Insecurity and the problem of evil

One of my more shameful memories comes from my time coaching youth soccer as a teenager.
by Brian Bantum
Books

A poetic search for belief

Amy Newman’s new collection is less a theodicy and more an apology, a defense of life in the face of imperfection.
by Lilia Ellis

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Sunday’s Coming

Hostile territory (Luke 8:26-39)

Jesus disrupts the narrative in multiple ways.

by Martha Spong

Voices

A farewell to snow

Louise Erdrich’s Future Home of the Living God reminds me how much we have to mourn as we enter a climate dystopia.
by Stephanie Perdew
Screen Time

Looking for healing in “the pitt”

The ER in Scott Gemmill’s medical drama is a virus-infected Petri dish of all that ails the body politic.
by Kathryn Reklis
Books

Ecclesiastes and the heart-wrenching lives of migrants

Helen Boursier explores spirituality before, during, and after people decide to cross into the United States.
by M. C. Lohrmann

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Voices

A farewell to snow

Louise Erdrich’s Future Home of the Living God reminds me how much we have to mourn as we enter a climate dystopia.
by Stephanie Perdew
Features

Why does the Southern Baptist Convention wield so much political influence?

The SBC is loud, but it represents a slim minority of Christians who are out of step with the rest of the country.
by Brandon Ambrosino
Features

Trump’s artificial images

The AI-generated meme is this administration’s house style—moral degradation made visible.
by Mac Loftin
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Erasing women

The Trump administration’s moves against women leaders are not new. We’ve been here before.
by Liz Charlotte Grant

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