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The hidden God (Exodus 33:12-23)
The God of Moses is both intimate and mysterious, known and unknowable.
Restoring the land
Nearly all of the land we live on was taken from Native people. What can property owners do to make it right?
My land acknowledgment
My family owns a residential plot in suburban Chicago. I decided to find out what used to be there.
A multitude of ways to love the earth
Mallory McDuff’s anthology centers non-White voices and women’s narratives in the climate justice conversation.
Reckoning with self-destruction
We all live in Oppenheimer’s world now, and it is one that constantly invents the Ethan Hunts and Indiana Joneses of our fantasies.
October 22, Ordinary 29A (Matthew 22:15–22)
I take seriously the absence of a denarius in Jesus’ own hand.
Delighting in whatever is lovely (Philippians 4:1-9)
Can we notice what is true and noble, even when it is also ordinary?
A story of water and faith
Abraham Verghese’s new novel tells an epic tale of a family of Thomas Christians in modern India.
Is religion good for you? The answer is complicated, new global Gallup report finds.
A new report from Gallup finds that religious people around the world report being more...
Seeing Dante with Botticelli’s eyes
Joseph Luzzi tells the rich, entertaining story of the Renaissance artist’s renderings of a quintessentially medieval text.
Eyes of the heart
Mike has been blind since birth. He sees life more vividly than most of us.
A theology of ghosts
My sister talks to our dead mother. I am happy they both stand in the presence of love.
Church leaders in Holy Land call for de-escalation, respect for human rights
Following an attack by the militant group Hamas on Israel on Saturday and Israel's military retaliation, church leaders in the Holy Land are raising their voices in unity to call for a cessation of...
Grace without conquest
Art historian Matthew Milliner has written a groundbreaking history of a beloved icon’s role in imperial Christianity’s collapse.
October 15, 28A (Psalm 106:1–6, 19–23)
Where is the psalmist’s own voice in this communal confession and appeal?
Environmental faith groups laud Pope Francis's new climate exhortation
Catholic organizations and other faith-based groups pushing for global action on climate change are celebrating Pope Francis’s new apostolic exhortation on the environment, a sequel of sorts to his...