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The single story
We need to sit with stories that resist easy categorization, stories that make us question the official narratives, no matter where we happen to fall in them.
Does school choice create better choices?
We've had decades of experiments with charter schools and vouchers. There are no resounding success stories.
“They brought to the Pharisees…”
Naming sexism as sexism is not a failure to engage diverse views.
When Ruby Bridges prayed for her enemies
In the face of mob violence, a six-year-old responded with love.
Known to us in dirt and spit
The earthiness of Jesus' cure of the blind man in John 9 recalls all of the ways that God uses basic elements in creation and salvation.
A story about finding a new story
I had the classic Texas Baptist starter package. I went to Carl’s shop to trade it in.
Love and horses
In C.E. Morgan’s world, anything goes as long as it’s couched in the language of the equine.
A transgender child in fiction
Beautifully honest, this novel blurs the line between fiction and reality.
How evil wins, and how to beat it
We need to study peace a lot harder than those who are studying war.
Women who do things
The story of Esther Wheelwright and the communities of women and girls who surrounded her
April 16, Resurrection of the Lord
At grief’s mercy, Mary stays at the site of her loss.
Ministry after communal trauma
In the wake of violence, pastors have to lead people out of hell. Jesus has been there.