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Not your kindergartener’s coloring book
Should I let my child color pictures of Jesus on the cross?
And who is my enemy?
Essays by our readers reminded me of the call to forgive “70 times seven,” especially in relationships with people we can’t eject from our lives.
Glimpses of the beloved community
They were black, Latino, and white. They were whispering and laughing together.
The Transfiguration sermon I need (Matthew 17:1-9)
There is no "on the mountain" and "off the mountain."
What preachers get wrong and Peter gets right about the Transfiguration
If Peter is wrong in his response to his mountaintop spiritual experience—as so many sermons suggest—why doesn’t Jesus rebuke him?
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A roominess within the soul
In the Bible, freedom is always more than a simple choice or the absence of coercion.
What kind of freedom does a republic promise?
American liberty has been corrupted, and it’s up to us to restore it.
My church and its two different Lents
Our lives are overstuffed, and we desperately need to fast.
A more intimate portrait of Bonhoeffer
Diane Reynolds’s book would be worth its price for its insistence on noticing the women at every turn in Bonhoeffer’s life.
Reprove thy neighbor (Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18; Matthew 5:38-48)
It's not immediately clear what this command means.
Perfection really is overrated
It is the ultimate in human foolishness when we think we need to be perfect in order to earn God’s love or anyone else’s.