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DHS is lying about us
The protesters at the ICE facility outside Chicago are not an angry mob. We’re just people who believe in due process and free speech.
On thinking we’re better than people who think they’re better (Luke 18:9-14)
The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector is not a simple tale of a villain and hero.
Hope in the face of racist backlash
Aran Shetterly celebrates Greensboro massacre survivors Nelson and Joyce Johnson as great moral leaders.
What type of knowledge does the psalmist have?
Cultural anthropologist Johannes Fabian’s work has helped me better understand scripture—and my own faith.
Mennonites and the long shadow of ethnic identity
Denominations often struggle to separate faith from ethnicity. Hyung Jin Kim Sun has experienced this firsthand.
The inverse wisdom of a second-century martyr
“Perpetua was a grandstander,” says Sarah Ruden. “She saw martyrdom—and that means testimony—as a personal glorification.”
October 26, Ordinary 30C (Joel 2:23-32; Psalm 65)
The day of the Lord is terrifying.
Reclaiming “church politics”
Ross Kane argues that politics is about congregational life and governance—not just statecraft.
The art of marital crisis
Splitsville and The Roses arrive at a time when the institution of marriage itself is on the rocks.
Nurturing words (2 Timothy 3:14-4:5)
There’s a sense of parental love in the text of 2 Timothy.
A river runs through us
Robert Macfarlane helps us appreciate that life is not a possession. It is a process we participate in.
My summer of acedia
I encountered Kathleen Norris’s Acedia and Me at a time when just about everything felt like more trouble than it was worth.
Mandatory mourning
What the responses to Charlie Kirk’s death reveal about truth, power, and the Christian call to honest grief
Preaching outside the box
Donyelle McCray takes readers on a tour of the edges of homiletics, exploring Black Americans’ gospel proclamation in various forms.
October 19, Ordinary 29C (Luke 18:1-8)
Will God’s justice come quickly to the unhoused people who sleep in the park?