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January 29, Fourth Sunday after Epiphany (Matthew 5:1–12)
I don’t like this. When I mourn I want to not mourn anymore.
Shared space, shared vision
In Asheville, one church was dying while another was being born.
Our 16 most-read magazine articles of 2016
Here are this year's Century articles that were most popular online. Thanks for reading.
Reviving the Sanctuary Movement
Churches can be on the frontlines of resistance.
God gets particular
The incarnation doesn't only mean that God is with us. It means that God is with us as Jesus.
Political slogans and the nature of God
When an anthropologist wants to understand a culture, he or she studies its gods.
Is the holy innocents story about the innocents? (Matthew 2:13–23)
"What an awful story," she said. "Why would that story be in the Bible?"
The joy of things and the trap of excess
An ethicist and an anthropologist ask: How much is too much?
Our 16 most-read blog posts of 2016
Here are this year's most popular bloggers and posts from our site. Thanks for reading.
No place to lay their heads
Two compelling novels reveal the horrors of forced displacement.
The ones that got away
As CC books editor, I get to peruse a lot of books. Too bad I can’t review them all.