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Checking (and rechecking) the weather
When we’re obsessed with the forecast, we may miss what’s happening in the present.
Kwame Bediako’s Christianity without domination
The Ghanaian theologian offered new methodological approaches in the wake of imperialism.
Jesus is the question
He might be the answer, too. But he doesn’t offer much in the way of tweetable platitudes.
In Search of Truth: Dreams with Rodger Kamenetz (S2:E5)
“Our dreams give us a template so that we can begin to live with awe and wonder and pain and terror in waking life.”
The journey to a lost Mennonite colony in Uzbekistan
Sofia Samatar’s memoir takes readers through a landscape of prismatic identities and wandering passions.
Philomena Cunk’s 21st-century expertise
Like Drunk History and History of the World Part II, Cunk on Earth is very funny. But the larger joke is that fake news is winning.
Ukraine's Hare Krishnas survive war by Zoom and serving neighbors
With no time even to wash her clothes as the Russians approached Mariupol a year ago, in southern Ukraine, Kalakeli Devi Dasi ...
Yolanda Pierce named dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School
Womanist theologian Yolanda Pierce will be the next dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School....
Five ways your church might already welcome autistic adults
And some ideas for expanding that welcome
Anti-racism’s mission drift
Privileged progressives have turned their attention from structures and systems to sentimentalism.
March 26, Lent 5A, (John 11:1-45)
Martha hears Jesus’ promise, but she has a brother whose body is starting to decay.
Across the country, a push to observe Muslim holidays in school calendars
Instead of fully enjoying celebrations for Eid al-Fitr, the festival that marks the end of Ramadan, Aisha Majdoub has often fo...
David and the seer (1 Samuel 16:1-13; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41)
It’s hard to see the way God sees.
The voices of American poets
Edward Hirsch’s labor of love celebrates centuries of American verse, from Anne Bradstreet to Joy Harjo.
In Search of Truth: Memoir and History with Sofia Samatar (S2:E4)
“Everybody’s stories are entangled.”
State lawmakers push for priests to report abuse learned about in confessional
Catholic leaders are pushing back against efforts to alter state laws that exempt clergy from reporting child abuse they hear ...
Episode 26: Ethicist Reggie Williams, author of Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus
A conversation with ethicist Reggie Williams about Bonhoeffer, Black Jesus, racism, and more
The language of rights and its limits
My niece Butterfly has me thinking about bodies, love, and responsibility.
A self-emptying of privilege
Brandan Robertson grounds his discussion of Christians and privilege in the kenosis hymn of Philippians 2.