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A stupid war, a beautiful death, and more reader feedback
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An agnostic who out-Christianed the Christians
The 19th-century orator Robert Ingersoll denied God. But his answer to the question of human purpose strikes me as a pretty good one.
Humans are gonna human
From David’s Psalms to Good Omens, beauty and moral failure have traveled together.
Migration as care
Gabrielle Oliveira’s ethnographic study analyzes US immigration policy by centering the voices of children and educators.
July 19, Ordinary 16A (Genesis 28:10–19a)
We all want to be Jacob, it seems, tagging the places we have been.
What is a Zionist?
There are many answers to this question, so using the term without explanation can be confusing—and even dangerous.
Are we in or out? (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23)
In Matthew, the actions of the community of faith do not affect the coming of the kingdom—but they do matter.
Beginning where the gospels begin
The four books open in very different settings. Together they offer a map for locating ourselves in the world.
Asking “Who am I?” with Bonhoeffer
As I face unexpected early retirement, I tell myself that the answer is not yet known.
Karmic Beef
The second season of the Netflix anthology series imagines a way out of the cycle of poisonous envy.
Self-possession is justice work
Austin Channing Brown writes with honesty and tenderness about exhaustion, community, and the struggle to remain whole.
End-of-life choices, the physics of faith, and more reader feedback
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Dorothy Day never spoke of her abortion
A century later, I refuse to stay quiet about mine—despite the Catholic Worker movement’s tradition of silence.
