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A novel about climate change’s impact on all of us
In Gun Island, Amitav Ghosh practices what he preached in The Great Derangement.
A city dweller follows the harvest
Marie Mutsuki Mockett’s spiritual and cultural pilgrimage through the heart of farm country
April 19, Easter 2A (John 20:19–31; 1 Peter 1:3–9)
There's more than one way to taste and see the goodness of God.
10 years into the Affordable Care Act, a pandemic exposes its limits
The ACA never attempted the kind of structural reform our health-care system needs.
Episode 77: Honeyland
Matt and Adam are joined by pastor and beekeeper Kathy Anderson to talk about bees, relationship, sustainability and 2019's Honeyland.
Lamenting with my Jewish neighbors on Tisha B’Av
The Book of Lamentations resonates with the stories of oppressed immigrants and refugees.
Amid Detroit’s housing crisis, tiny homes offer residents new hope
A project that helps build pride, confidence, and community
Notes from an organ transplant surgeon
Joshua Mezrich weaves professional insight with personal stories.
The Century wins 10 Associated Church Press awards in a virtual ceremony
Top awards in cover design, theological reflection, poetry, and more
Thinking about Good Friday during a pandemic
This year the Solemn Reproaches are speaking to me in a new way.
Prophesy to the breath (Ezekiel 37:1-14) Lent 5A
We practice our faith in the season of Lent so that we know what to do when things get harder.
April 12, Easter Day (Acts 10:34–43; Psalm 118:1–2, 14–24; Matthew 28:1–10)
What kind of faith gets you through 25 years in a refugee camp?
The church out in the world (Matthew 21:1-11)
In October of 1989, word came down from Moscow: the peace prayers in Leipzig must be stopped.
How mainline Protestants got involved in urban renewal
Mark Wild complicates the conventional account of postwar white flight.
The coronavirus pandemic feels like an unending Holy Saturday
We stay home. We look out for others. We wait—but for what?
April 10, Good Friday (Psalm 22; John 18:1–19:42)
Things Pilate cannot touch: creative life, confounding power
Has social distancing put us in a double pandemic?
Loneliness is a public health crisis, too.