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Who is Naoíse Mac Sweeney’s new history of the West for?
Like so many books today, it seems aimed at convincing an audience that will never read it.
Ordinary violence
Peacemaking is a crucial part of the Christian life—but it isn’t just about war.
Rose Macaulay was ahead of her time
In Crewe Train, the neglected Anglo-Catholic novelist tells the story of a woman who resolutely does not fit in.
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July 16, 15A (Genesis 25:19–34)
I haven’t always embraced the particularity of God.
The corrosive power of regret
What does it take to find self-compassion and embrace self-forgiveness?
Hostile architecture
In metro areas today, park benches are becoming an endangered species.
Lessons from downsizing my office
As I worked my way through old files and photos, I met with three kinds of sadness.
Walter Earl Fluker’s call to the Black church
In King’s time, the goal was to stir the churches to struggle. Now it’s to wake the dead.
July 9, Ordinary 14A (Matthew 11:16–19, 25–30)
There is a difference between work-life balance and sabbath living.
A very particular humanity
Suzanne Robertson didn’t meet “life” on death row. She met a man named Cecil who loved cheesecake.
Reimagining how we reimagine church
We need to end our obsession with novelty and corporate jargon.
American Protestantism and what it has done
David Hollinger explores how Protestantism has shaped—and warped—a nation’s intellectual life.