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In the lectionary

February 5, Ep5A (Isaiah 58:1-12)

Ritual and justice don’t exist in a push-pull relationship.
by Steve Thorngate
January 30, 2023

Books

In Review: 

David Bentley Hart’s apocalyptic view of tradition

Hart believes that John Henry Newman and those quick to invoke him rely too much on a gaze backward into the past.
by Thomas Albert Howard January 24, 2023

Features

Pope Benedict’s complicated legacy

Both his strengths and his failings are distinctly Catholic.
by Rebecca Bratten Weiss
January 17, 2023

From the Editors

the grounds of the hillcrest school in Jos, Nigeria

The uncomfortable truth about Hillcrest

How missionary work can create the conditions for child abuse to thrive unchecked
January 6, 2023

Features

Monday night meal plan

My church offered college students weekly fellowship. It turns out they needed the food, too.
by Maggie Alsup
January 5, 2023

Voices

Our living waters are struggling to breathe

River baptisms are becoming a casualty of polluted waters.
by Melissa Florer-Bixler
January 4, 2023

Features

A masked youth holds a Nicaraguan national flag while standing on the roof of the Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua.

The prophetic church in Ortega’s Nicaragua

One alarming aspect of the onetime revolutionary leader’s authoritarian turn has been the persecution of religious leaders.
by Jeannine Marie Pitas
January 4, 2023

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