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Why does this sound strange to people?

During times of turbulence in politics, culture, and religious life, it’s tempting to hold tightly to current convictions. Allowing a change of one’s mind or heart can be difficult work. With this in mind, we have resumed a Century series published at intervals since 1939, in which we ask leading thinkers to reflect on their own struggles, disappointments, and hopes as they address the topic, “How my mind has changed.” This essay is the ninth in the new series.

There’s little excuse for doctors skipping over basic compassion.

Jesus’ high priestly prayer is a call to a new kind of knowing and loving.

Is V. velella a colony or an individual? When does sharedness dissolve into oneness?

The ecumenical leader who talked me out of burning my ordination certificate

Salvation is not a place but a way of life.

Onaje X. O. Woodbine’s book about a Black woman’s life is a model of ethnographic work that centers the voice of its subject.

He was moving away, the stranger said, and he wanted to leave a box in my care.