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A poet converted by her own writing
Denise Levertov’s intuitive grasp of incarnation drove her politics, her poetry, and eventually her religious discernment.
October 29, Ordinary 30A (Deuteronomy 34:1–12)
The nature of God’s judgment is not entirely clear. What has Moses done wrong?
The hidden God (Exodus 33:12-23)
The God of Moses is both intimate and mysterious, known and unknowable.
Restoring the land
Nearly all of the land we live on was taken from Native people. What can property owners do to make it right?
My land acknowledgment
My family owns a residential plot in suburban Chicago. I decided to find out what used to be there.
A multitude of ways to love the earth
Mallory McDuff’s anthology centers non-White voices and women’s narratives in the climate justice conversation.
Reckoning with self-destruction
We all live in Oppenheimer’s world now, and it is one that constantly invents the Ethan Hunts and Indiana Joneses of our fantasies.
October 22, Ordinary 29A (Matthew 22:15–22)
I take seriously the absence of a denarius in Jesus’ own hand.
Delighting in whatever is lovely (Philippians 4:1-9)
Can we notice what is true and noble, even when it is also ordinary?
A story of water and faith
Abraham Verghese’s new novel tells an epic tale of a family of Thomas Christians in modern India.
Seeing Dante with Botticelli’s eyes
Joseph Luzzi tells the rich, entertaining story of the Renaissance artist’s renderings of a quintessentially medieval text.
Eyes of the heart
Mike has been blind since birth. He sees life more vividly than most of us.
A theology of ghosts
My sister talks to our dead mother. I am happy they both stand in the presence of love.