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Staying in a culture of leaving
My parents arrived in the US with three suitcases and two toddlers. I’ve experienced wanderlust ever since.
March 12, Lent 3A (Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95; John 4:5-42)
Water dominated the imaginations of our ancestors in faith, whose stories often called for either a canteen or galoshes.
Why did conservative evangelicals turn against the environment?
It was mostly politics, argues historian Neall Pogue.
Abram without Sarai (Genesis 12:1–4a; John 3:1–17)
What we know about Sarai is what she lacks. This week’s reading lacks her.
Learning from the Passover Seder without co-opting it
What wisdom can Christians find in Jesus’ meal-gathering around a religious holiday of his people?
More than 100 faith leaders are trying to prevent Andre Thomas’s execution
Imagine what might happen if they poured that energy into abolishing the death penalty in Texas.
From hateful murmurs to blood libel
Heather Blurton explains the origins and legacy of an outrageous antisemitic lie: the fable of William of Norwich.
In Search of Truth: American History with Peter Choi (S2E2)
“We can’t have a 100 percent completely accurate representation of the past. We’re always going to have some kind of imperfect rendering that still insists on deriving meaning from the past. My sense is that it’s not feasible or desirable to do away with myths. But I think we need better ones and maybe more conversation between myths.”
Cheap grace in South Africa
Eve Fairbanks traces the experiences of three South Africans to diagnose the country’s unrealized promises.
Stronger than all evil things
She fled her homeland as a child. Years later, she forgave God.
March 5, Lent 2A (John 3:1-17)
Triumphalist uses of John 3:16 contradict the verse's historical context.
When women speak more than truth
She Said and Women Talking examine the collective power of women’s words for a MeToo era.