Speaking in two tongues

Growing up bilingual primed me to see the gifts offered at Babel and Pentecost.

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Divine testimony in our hearts (1 John 5:9-13)

According to 1 John, we have received more than mere mortal attestation.

Reflecting on our reflection

Many of us are unimpressed when we look in the mirror. But we bear a more important image.

Anthony Hecht’s poetic vision

W. H. Auden’s most distinguished heir wrote poems that bear witness to history with great depth of feeling.

Politics

Trending topics: Ecology without colonialism

Five new postcolonial perspectives on living faithfully through climate change

Fargo and Wicked Little Letters take on the patriarchy

It’s hard to dramatize the evils of patriarchy without falling into melodrama or historical difference.

The Court’s embrace of the divine right of presidents

In the Trump v. United States oral arguments, the conservative justices sought what Justice Gorsuch called “a rule for the ages”—one that doesn’t impair the sovereign grandeur of presidential power.

Border encounters

The US-Mexico border is rich with ordinary life—not just the sort of stories amplified by political rhetoric.