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October 5, Ordinary 27C (Luke 17:5-10)
The spirit is willing, but the inner horticulturist is weak.
Money and the love of it (1 Timothy 6:6-19)
Money isn’t always bad. But the lust for riches is like an official invitation for evil.
Freedom and the price of the ticket
James Baldwin reminds us that those who seek to police the freedom of others are, ironically, the least free.
Priced out
Patrick Condon builds on existing inequality research to focus on one big problem: the price of urban land.
Mapping my city’s moral geography
When I returned to Harrisonburg, I began to see how the built environment reflects and shapes our values and desires.
Terrible leaders of the Bible
When I remember the story of Jonah the insufferable prophet, I am filled with a strange hope.
When monsters preach
In the mythological universes created by horror films, Jesuit priest Ryan Duns finds insights about God.
September 28, Ordinary 26C (1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31)
Preachers often bury the lede—especially with this parable.
A Christian case against capitalism
Liberals, writes Phil Christman, accept the political need to keep liberal billionaires happy. Leftists don’t think there should be any billionaires.
Wait, what’s the point of this parable? (Luke 16:1-13)
At first the dishonest manager seems to offer an example of what not to do. But then it seems like he’s the hero. What’s going on?
Praying the imprecatory psalms with Bonhoeffer
How did these psalms about enemies feel in 1940? How do they feel today?
Episode 52: Brandan Robertson, influencer and author of Filled to Be Emptied
A conversation with Brandan Robertson about privilege, discipleship, kenosis, and more.
Breaking cycles of violence with How to Train Your Dragon
I went to see a family movie. I got a lesson in René Girard’s mimetic theory.
What do people in their 20s want from church?
Churches try all kinds of tricks. But new research indicates that the answers are surprisingly traditional.
Confounding words
In the gospels, sometimes Jesus responds to questions much like the young Bob Dylan did in interviews.
The prison writings of Alexei Navalny
Patriot is a posthumous memoir of resistance to Putin. It is also, at its core, a love story.
