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Playing to the crowds
J. D. Vance’s lies about Haitian immigrants reveal his willingness to trade his dignity for attention.
October 6, Ordinary 27B (Job 1:1, 2:1–10)
The primary biblical text that addresses human suffering is a comedic folktale. How are we meant to process this?
The prophetic ministry of the pulpit
Jonathan Augustine makes a strong case for preaching that is both divinely inspired and socially determined.
Many paths to Jesus (Mark 9:38-50)
Jesus seems to have an aversion to the kind of us-and-them boundary setting of his disciples.
The forgotten victims of Nazi genocide
Jewish historian Ari Joskowicz tells the story of Hitler’s attempt to wipe out the Roma people.
Cultivating literary Dallas
“It was not enough to publish books,” says Deep Vellum founder Will Evans. “We needed a place to invite people in, to put literature at the core of the cultural community.”
The most dangerous preacher in Hungary
Methodist leader Gábor Iványi is perhaps Viktor Orbán’s fiercest critic. He’s looking to Americans for solidarity.
Was Paul disabled?
Isaac Soon employs a sociocultural model of disability as a lens for reading the apostle’s letters.
September 29, Ordinary 26B (Psalm 124)
When the Spirit moved among us, we heard the tongues of angels.
Illuminating Qohelet through art and philosophy
Debra Band and Menachem Fisch’s beautiful creation is not your typical Ecclesiastes commentary.
The disciples and us (Mark 9:30-37)
Poor disciples. They rarely miss an opportunity to make a mess.
The heart of the humanities
In a culture that too often values people simply for their labor, learning for learning’s sake is its own good.
A different kind of poverty memoir
Dana Trent’s heartbreaking and hilarious book eschews the conventional American rags-to-riches arc.
