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What Christian nationalism is and what to do about it
Pamela Cooper-White details best practices for difficult conversations that privilege listening, reflexivity, curiosity, and care.
The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives inspired by the words Wind and Splash.
What do you want from this story? (Luke 20:27–38)
What do you want Jesus to do or say?
The sacred relics of a lifetime of ministry
Marilyn wasn’t sure she could stomach the sight of a truck carting 56 years of her husband’s work to the dump.
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We do not read alone
Brad East offers a rigorous argument for the ecclesial context of scripture.
“When are we?” asks James K. A. Smith
The philosopher diagnoses the temporal tone deafness of Christians, our inability to attend to time.
The Word made grotesque
If we want our sermons to resemble real life, says Charles Campbell, we might take a hint from carnival.
November 6, Ordinary 32C (Haggai 1:15b-2:9)
My church is located in the first municipality in the country with a public reparations fund.
Understanding our dependencies
Our cost of living is about far more than the price of essential goods.
Steadfast, resilient, and increasingly happy (2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12)
There’s a hard truth about existence in 2 Thessalonians 1 that social science bears out.
Is Christian celebrity harmful to the church?
Yes, says Katelyn Beaty, who defines celebrity as “fame’s shinier, slightly obnoxious cousin.”
Episode 22: Canon theologian Kelly Brown Douglas, author of Resurrection Hope
A conversation with dean and canon theologian Kelly Brown Douglas about anti-Blackness, just communities, Black Lives Matter, and more