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Episode 70: The Irishman
Matt and Adam discuss aging, gangsters, repentance, and Martin Scorcese's The Irishman
New life in old space at St. Stephen’s, Philadelphia
I knew Sunday worship wasn’t viable. But what about weekdays?
Two different visions (Matthew 3:1-12; Romans 15:4-13; Isaiah 11:1-10)
I'm always amused when folk are keen enough to notice the worship whiplash to which the tradition so often subjects them.
How people deal with pointless suffering
Scott Samuelson considers seven responses to the age-old mystery.
Louise Aronson calls for a health-care system that treats elders better
The medical community takes middle-age adulthood as the norm. What if it didn’t?
What does a fair trade logo actually mean?
Churches that support the movement should confront the gap between its vision and its accomplishments.
David Bentley Hart’s polemic against the alleged doctrine of eternal hell
Hart thunders like Amos against cruel, incoherent religion.
December 24 and 25, Nativity (Isaiah 9:2–7; Luke 2:1–20)
Preachers who value their pulpit would be wise to avoid Isaiah 9 this Christmas Eve.
A wealth tax would be good for democracy
The American dream is not just about accumulating private wealth.
Reading Toni Morrison in Advent
A seasonal practice: cultivate the patient gaze to describe life as we find it.
Waiting for whom? (Matthew 24:36-44)
"Whom are you trying to catch?" I asked my roommate. "Probably nobody," he said.
Another, again, anew
I knew we were meant to have daughters. Then God gave us a boy, and another, and another.