Sanctuary in houses of worship has always been tenuous
It’s a practice marked by promise and difficulty—both in the Bible and today.
What is active citizenship in the era of rule by decree?
I still have a voice
Kendrick Lamar is playing a different game
Books
Simone Weil’s anti-fascist blueprint
Did the mainline church pave the way for Christian nationalism?
The role of judgment in Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s sophomore novel
Unlocking the gates of Genesis through poetry
In This Issue
February 23, Epiphany 7C (Genesis 45:3–11, 15)
February 16, Epiphany 6C (Luke 6:17–26)
How and what to think
Latest
February 23, Epiphany 7C (Genesis 45:3–11, 15)
Sanctuary in houses of worship has always been tenuous
What is active citizenship in the era of rule by decree?
Voices
Stephanie Perdew
I still have a voice
After the election, I was worried about people being silenced. So I joined a choir.
Debie Thomas
God’s maternal love
I wonder if what I felt, feared, and learned as a young mother mirrors what God experiences when she tries to feed us.
Brian Bantum
God of breath and gravity
“Who is God?” Today, God is the rising and falling of my chest.
Isaac S. Villegas
Emotional communism
More than ever, we need the common life we can create for each other, a shared life for the benefit of all.
Kelly Brown Douglas
What does it mean to be a Christian in these times?
We have a cross at the center of our faith, and we need to start acting like it.
Rachel Mann
What can the church offer trans people right now?
Baptism and Eucharist should rework all of our ideas about identity.
Politics
Sanctuary in houses of worship has always been tenuous
What is active citizenship in the era of rule by decree?
How the West Bank settlements have changed Israel
