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May 13, Ascension (Acts 1:1-11; Luke 24:44-53)
What we see reminds us of what we miss, and vice versa.
Jellyfish at prayer
Is V. velella a colony or an individual? When does sharedness dissolve into oneness?
Hip-hop artists Sho Baraka and Propaganda flip the script
Stanley Hauerwas says good theological writing makes the familiar strange.
Do we still need institutions?
Yes, says Yuval Levin. But only if they serve a formative function.
A civil rights pilgrimage through the eyes of Congolese refugee teenagers
We began to understand why James Baldwin called US history “more beautiful and more terrible than anyone has ever said about it.”
May 9, Easter 6B (John 15:9–17)
What would the insurance-mandated boundary trainings that I’ve attended make of Jesus’ intimacy with his disciples?
COVID and the faithful risks pastors have taken
This is a high-stakes time. Some churches need to take more creative risks than ever before.
Because of Paul Crow, I’m still a pastor
The ecumenical leader who talked me out of burning my ordination certificate
Three neo-Westerns that reimagine the genre
First Cow, Bacurau, and Nomadland reveal the stark racism of classic American Westerns.