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Mushrooms at the table?
People have long tried to trace a connection between the early church’s eucharistic practice and psychedelic substances. Scholars aren’t convinced.
Religion that harms
Drawing on both research and personal experience, therapist Laura Anderson explores the trauma caused by high-control religion.
November 12, Ordinary 32A (Matthew 25:1–13)
The Bible, so often used as enslaved people’s yoke, became their cry for freedom.
A clear view
When our congregation designed our new sanctuary, we wanted windows that help us see our neighborhood’s needs.
Bearing witness to multiple stories
Israelis and Palestinians alike are traumatized people who love the land and deserve to live there in peace.
The path to clarity (Matthew 23:1-12)
Is it possible to know what is real? Whom to believe?
Give to the one who asks of you
I’m on this man’s side, even though I didn’t give him any money. Right?
Alice McDermott’s tale of American Catholics in Vietnam
What is the kindest, least condescending help that privileged Christians can offer to the wider world?
Signs of Mary Magdalene in John 11
“If John’s christological confessor is also the first person the risen Jesus appears to,” says biblical scholar Elizabeth Schrader Polczer, “that could make her a competitor to Peter’s authority.”
Words to remember (Psalm 34:1-10, 22)
Psalm 34 is like balm to the weary spirit and nourishment to the hungry soul.
The God-haunted music of Julien Baker
There’s a certain horror and heartbreak in God’s grace.
November 5, Ordinary 31A (Joshua 3:7–17)
Such an unbelievable and far-fetched plan. And yet the people believe Joshua.
Both mother and child (1 Thessalonians 2:1-8)
Paul, speaking for Silas and Timothy, offers a layered metaphor.
When rituals leave us full—and then empty
Leaving the jailhouse graduation, I wondered, Where have I felt like this before?
The artistic vision of Jesus
Aaron Rosen finds that Jesus looks at the world the way artists see their subjects.
Episode 33: Poet and public speaker Kaitlin Curtice, author of Living Resistance
A conversation with poet and public speaker Kaitlin Curtice about embracing cyclical thinking, deconstructing faith, Mother Earth, and more
November 1, All Saints Day (1 John 3:1–3)
“Children of God” is a name we do not earn and do not work for.