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Global aid writ Lutheran
“We see hope in the small things,” says LWF World Service director Maria Immonen, “but also despair—because the solutions are right there, just out of our reach.”
The limits of our convictions (Romans 14:1-12)
Paul assures us that conviction does not equal authority.
A win for people power
A faith-based group successfully campaigned to get a major bank to divest from private detention centers. There is hope to be mined here.
The goosebumpy pleasure of Widow’s Bay
The Apple TV series knows the delights of small-town horror clichés. It also knows something about close communities and how they work.
Revisiting Everyday Apocalypse
“Art is integration,” says David Dark. “Empire is disintegration.”
Understanding polyamory
Alternatives to monogamous marriage are going mainstream. How will Christians respond?
In love with a fantasy
Amanda McCracken thought she’d been unlucky in love. Instead she’d been faithful to the idea of longing itself.
The wounds of Catholic women
When the Vatican rejected a bid to allow laypeople to preach at mass, I felt again the toll of being dismissed by the church I call home.
September 13, Ordinary 24A (Exodus 14:19–31; Psalm 114)
Sometimes God changes history by moving oceans, sometimes by making the wheels fall off.
Beauty and how to see it
Reading Van Gogh’s letters has helped me uncover a deeper, more textured theological understanding.
A text thick with tension (Exodus 12:1-14)
The Passover story is filled with competing ideas.
The workingman of Nazareth
As AI unsettles the future of work, Jesus’ identity as a tekton deserves a second look.
Something resembling God
Adam Hughes explores the far side of certainty and what happens when belief begins to dissolve.
Charged words, an active God, and more reader feedback
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What US veterans taught me about The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan joins Simone Weil in a long tradition of reading the poem as a condemnation of war in all times and places.