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The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives inspired by the words Disguise and Hinge.
The resurrection of St. George in England
Behind the resurgence of festivals and flags is a story of cultural change—and resistance to it.
A rite of spontaneous love (John 12:1-8)
Mary has learned that God spares nothing in loving us.
The wonderful ordinariness of congregational life
Sometimes it’s boring. Sometimes it’s thrilling. Sometimes it makes me cry.
April 24, Easter 2C (Revelation 1:4-8; John 20:19-31
Thomas might be the patron saint of a secular age.
Episode 5: Exploring Egypt with Yehia El Decken
I keep secret in myself an Egypt
That doesn’t exist.
Is that good or bad? I don’t know. –Rumi
This is my blood, donated for you
When my arm is stretched out and blood is trickling out of me, I find myself thinking of Jesus.
What does the cross mean for people with disabilities?
David McLachlan proposes a participatory atonement in which God engages creation’s contingency and vulnerability.
Miriam, Esther, and other biblical non-mothers
Lisa Wilson Davison showcases women who thrive despite—and perhaps because of—their childfree state.
April 17, Easter Day C (John 20:1-18)
Mary has no hand to clutch or shoulder to lean on.
Moments in the middle (Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32)
What comes in between being lost and being found?
A path back together through reading contemplative classics
My students and I are finding our way into the world again with Evagrius, Teresa of Ávila, and Howard Thurman.
Common threads among five prophetic voices of the 20th century
“We turn to Thurman, Bonhoeffer, Day, Heschel, and Niebuhr because they never let us forget the important questions.”
April 15, Good Friday (John 18:1-19:42)
Diving into the disciples’ grief invites us to be honest about our own.
Episode 15: Public theologian Christena Cleveland, author of God is a Black Woman
A conversation with public theologian Christena Cleveland about whitemalegod, fatherskygod, her pilgrimage in France, and more
Episode 4: Saying yes to the search with Karen Johnson
“I love this process of searching because oftentimes, we end up finding what we’re looking for but not in the way that we imagined when we started the process—not how we originally thought we would find God.”