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The roots of Hebrew Roots
A small but growing movement of Christians believes fervently that Torah observance is for everyone.
The humanity of human smugglers
Anthropologist Jason De León charts the desperation, grief, and friendships of the Central American guías who bring migrants across borders.
August 18, Ordinary 20B (John 6:51–58)
The Greek word sarx could well be translated as “hamburger” rather than “flesh.”
Righteous anger (Ephesians 4:25-5:2)
What does it look like to be angry without sinning?
The Christian lady preacher and the queer Jewish poet
If I could give every new pastor a gift in their first year of preaching, I’d give them a friend like Jessica Jacobs.
A harrowing novel about Christian boarding schools
In Margaret Verble’s Stealing, a Cherokee girl finds what she needs to survive an evil system.
Present together
When I was a chaplain intern working with people with disabilities, there was one man I visited every Sunday right after worship.
The all-knowing cloud and the cloud of unknowing
Clouds evoke the sublime. What about the cloud that stores our data and mediates its flow?
In an age of isolation, what does it mean to belong?
Educator and activist Kim Samuel calls readers to recognize the gift (and necessity) of one another.
The spirituality of waiting
If God is present in the planting and the harvest, then God is present in the time when nothing seems to be happening.
August 11, Ordinary 19B, (John 6:35, 41–51)
We need to wrestle with the meaning of Jesus’ flesh as bread, bread we are to consume.
Who we are and what we do (Ephesians 4:1-16)
The growth and the flourishing of the body of Christ is measured by its love.
Cycling my way to peace
Turning the pedals over again and again, I began to feel the fullness of who I am and how I was made.
Truth, lies, and video
Civil War and Fly Me to the Moon share an awareness of how malleable and fragile our sense of shared truth is in a world dominated by images.