Facing our haunted history
Barth’s refusal
The empire’s uniforms in the world’s oldest colony
Understanding polyamory
Books
The settlers didn’t just seize land—they remade religion
Trending topics: Hunger horror
The holy resilience of Gisèle Pelicot
Sarah Ruden vs. millennia of antiabortion men
In This Issue
Sacred stacks
Barth’s refusal
November 1, Ordinary 31A (Joshua 3:7–17)
Voices
Phil Christman
The politics of cutting people off
Political breakups aren’t some new low in American life. They’re an understandable response to stakes that have always been life and death.
Julian DeShazier
Rebirth pangs
Where something has died, something else must now be born. It’s not going to be fun.
Benjamin J. Dueholm
Church gossip and a pastor’s double life
I’m obligated to a high standard of confidentiality. I also find the stories on social media hard to resist.
Brian Bantum
My prayer for soldiers
I looked up to see a line of 50 kids in uniform boarding the plane. Every one of them had brown skin like mine.
Peter Choi
A gospel of belonging in Korea
It’s my first time here in decades, and I have been struck by the depth of relational intimacy on display everywhere I go.
Rachel Mann
From shame to gift
Humans have a special talent for screwing things up. I think acknowledging this offers liberation.
Politics
Barth’s refusal
The settlers didn’t just seize land—they remade religion
