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Lisa Donovan tells the stories behind the recipes
Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger exposes the misogyny within the restaurant industry.
In a secular age, Bonhoeffer’s “religionless Christianity” is evergreen
Peter Hooten considers the concept in relationship to the theologian’s entire body of work.
Green burial as an act of faith
A growing number of Christians are embracing natural burial practices.
August 1, Ordinary 18B (John 6:24–35)
“Trust me!” Jesus says, and the more he says it, the less the crowd is inclined to go along.
Is there no other prophet to consult?
Amid our dying empires and institutions, we might recall the story of King Ahab.
For BLM cofounder Alicia Garza, organizing is about doing the work no one wants to do
Someone has got to do the dishes.
What Paul’s thorn in the flesh taught him (14B) (2 Corinthians 12:2-10)
We could see Paul’s caveats about his ecstatic experiences as false humility. But then he shows solidarity with the human condition.
Encountering Alice Neel’s paintings of mothers while pregnant
Her complex portraits reveal an alchemy of desire, pain, power, and weakness.
Living between the Bible’s first and last prayers
Most days I hover somewhere between Adam’s “I was afraid” and John of Patmos’s “Come, Lord Jesus.”
A psychological thriller about four Israeli women and their biblical role models
Sarah Blau’s protagonists are childless by choice. Herein lies the danger.
Like Hamilton, In the Heights jolts the audience into new perspectives
Still, I wish Lin-Manuel Miranda had asked more of us.
July 25, Ordinary 17B (2 Samuel 11:1–15)
Scripture does not accept David's behavior for business as usual, and neither should we.
Critical race theory is a gift to Christians
The good news about collective and institutional sin is that, like individual sin, it can be redeemed.
