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Brazil’s explosion of música gospel
As Protestants gain numbers, a sizable world of Christian music in many genres has emerged.
Celebrating other possibilities (1 Samuel 1:4-20)
Not all who struggle with infertility have their prayers answered.
Our social contract needs to be renewed
Economist Minouche Shafik puts public policy at the heart of her vision.
Pure justice is an idol
Atop the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, Lady Justice presides over a long history of injustices.
Episode 94: Dune
This week, Matt and Adam are joined by Casey Thompson to talk, spice, messiahs, and Denis Villeneuve's new adaptation of Dune.
What would it take for #CurriculumSoWhite to stop trending?
According to Bree Picower, it starts with the teachers—80 percent of whom are White.
December 5, Advent 2C (Luke 3:1-6)
To be wild is to be free, unbought and unbossed by the structures of power.
Why I came back around to repentance
First I needed to meet a progressive, gracious God.
End-of-life decisions in the ICU
The Christian tradition has something to say about the ethics of extending life.
Do we want division to cease? (Revelation 21:1-6a)
It often works pretty well for us.
Luke Timothy Johnson wants us to read Paul in all his complexity
“What advantage do we gain by possessing a Pauline theology that lies outside and above his writings?”
At Tijuana shelter Casa del Migrante, every meal is holy
I take the morning shift to give the longer-term volunteers a few hours of rest.
A truth-telling child of Southern Methodism
Journalist John Archibald turns the spotlight on himself, his preacher father, and White Christians’ failures.
Why do we teach history?
Behind the curriculum debates lurks a deeper question about what it means to form citizens.
November 28, Advent 1C (Luke 21:25-36)
What if Jesus is snatching us out of our desire for another world?
Created out of nothing means created out of love
To say creation is ex nihilo is to say that divine love is the only power at work in the creation of everything.
Sister Agatha roller-skates away from the church
The heroine of Claire Luchette’s novel realizes she became a nun to avoid being herself.
