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January 21, Epiphany 3B (Mark 1:14–20)
The gospels don’t depict John as much of an organization builder.
All things lawful (1 Corinthians 6:12-20)
Is it possible to read Paul as an early exponent of a wellness ethic for sexuality?
Caught up in the sweep of history
When I am troubled by the times in which we live, I turn to Óscar Romero.
An island in the storm
Paul Harding’s evocative novel begins with the 1815 hurricane off the New England coast.
My double vision
I like to think Jesus gives the blind man in Mark 8 vision of another kind: to see past the limits of human sight.
Nature is not an escape
To understand this, I had to stop reading John Muir and turn to the nature writing of the Harlem Renaissance.
Memoir of a native son’s son
Keenan Norris’s sobering book explores Chicago’s role in forging the identity of the Black man in modern America.
An architecture of care in Calais
At the Maria Skobtsova House, refugees and volunteers work to counteract the cruel logic of the refugee crisis.
January 14, Epiphany 2B (John 1:43–51)
Jesus’ word of insight to Nathanael seems a lot like a carnival grift.
Harmful people with helpful ideas
I still read Luther, Calvin, and de Beauvoir. But John Howard Yoder’s sexual abuse has made me rethink my mindset.
The cost of parking
Henry Grabar makes the case that in nearly any realm, from the environment to the economy, justice starts with parking reform.
The Iowa poet-priest who mastered haiku
Raymond Roseliep quietly became one of the most highly regarded haiku poets in the English language.
Were the lost gospels really lost?
The myth that alternative gospels were suppressed by empire and only recently rediscovered is too good to be true.
