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Clarissa and her flowers

Reading The Hours in my husband’s hospital room, I was stunned by the novel’s incarnational imagery.

by Caroline Langston
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What does poetry do?

Maybe nothing. Maybe that’s its power.
by Rachel Mann
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Against killing children

We have become a society of people who cannot prevent our own children from being killed in their classrooms—and who do not much mind the killing of other people’s children by weapons of war.
by Wendell Berry
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After Hurricane Helene, faith groups ramp up disaster relief

by Bob Smietana
Books

Does Nathan Hill wink at us in Wellness?

Why are non-White characters so absent from this urban/suburban narrative?
by Ken Bigger

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For love of Dante

Angela Alaimo O’Donnell writes, in 39 poems, a charmingly backhanded love letter to the Italian poet.
by Roger Ferlo

Piercing the veil

Zach Williams’s stories of everyday life are propelled by strange turns of events, like a dad discovering his son’s sixth toe in the bath.
by Joshua B. Grace

Does Nathan Hill wink at us in Wellness?

Why are non-White characters so absent from this urban/suburban narrative?
by Ken Bigger

A Lincoln parable

Civil War historian Allen Guelzo documents Lincoln’s faith—not in God but in the American experiment.
by Stephen Healey

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Sunday’s Coming

Preaching against the rich (Mark 10:17-31)

When the world is in peril and the rich are to blame, such preaching becomes essential.

by Clint Schnekloth

Books

For love of Dante

Angela Alaimo O’Donnell writes, in 39 poems, a charmingly backhanded love letter to the Italian poet.
by Roger Ferlo
Voices

Being salt

When I got into cooking, it changed the way I understand Jesus’ statement, “You are the salt of the earth.”
by Brian Bantum
Features

Clarissa and her flowers

Reading The Hours in my husband’s hospital room, I was stunned by the novel’s incarnational imagery.
by Caroline Langston

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Brian Bantum

Being salt

When I got into cooking, it changed the way I understand Jesus’ statement, “You are the salt of the earth.”

Illustration of columnist Rachel Mann
Illustration of columnist Isaac S. Villegas
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Illustration of columnist Debie Thomas

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Politics

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A Lincoln parable

Civil War historian Allen Guelzo documents Lincoln’s faith—not in God but in the American experiment.
by Stephen Healey
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Against killing children

We have become a society of people who cannot prevent our own children from being killed in their classrooms—and who do not much mind the killing of other people’s children by weapons of war.
by Wendell Berry
First Words

Playing to the crowds

J. D. Vance’s lies about Haitian immigrants reveal his willingness to trade his dignity for attention.
by Peter W. Marty
Books

The forgotten victims of Nazi genocide

Jewish historian Ari Joskowicz tells the story of Hitler’s attempt to wipe out the Roma people.
by David P. Gushee

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