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March 30, Lent 4c (Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32)
There is no resolution to the prodigal son story, only the resonance of the father’s words.
Remembering a road trip to Selma 60 years ago
My classmates and I were eager to join the voting rights march to Montgomery. But how would we get to Alabama?
Come to the table (Isaiah 55:1-9)
Isaiah comes to the rescue with a word of the Lord.
Jesus the fallible
Why would we want a higher doctrine of scripture than we have of Jesus?
How do we help children weave a healthy faith?
Meredith Miller uses the metaphor of a spiderweb to offer Christian parents and caregivers a new paradigm.
False gods of war
In Trump’s Situation Room, as on the fields of Ilium, those who wage war seem unable to experience the violence they inflict as real violence.
The Trump administration’s disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil is chilling
Democracies don’t deport people for thought crimes, not even when they say them out loud.
Salman Rushdie returns to the scene
In Knife, the novelist goes back to Chautauqua, where he was nearly killed in a 2022 attack.
March 23, Lent 3C (Luke 13:1-9)
Who can resist the gardener’s advice to dig around deeply and replenish the soil?
When nice guys are dangerous
Two recent buzzy, twisty thrillers put gender dynamics at the center of the drama.
Heavenly minded (Philippians 3:17–4:1)
Our prevailing practical wisdom to focus on the here and now cuts sharply against the grain of Paul’s advice.