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September 10, Ordinary 23A (Matthew 18:15–20)
The only place in the Gospels where Jesus says anything about the church is Matthew 18—and not insignificantly, he brings it up in terms of conflict management.
Burning coals (Romans 12:9-21)
Paul confronts a persistent barrier to true contentment: other people.
Prayers rising past the immanent frame
Charles Taylor helps me understand my church’s architecture—and my own struggles with faith.
My retirement to-do list
Several times a day I need to tell myself: I am not busy. I am not in a hurry.
Earth martyrs
Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo makes readers question the depth of their own commitment to righteousness.
Choosing solidarity with God
In a sense, I am asking my parishioners the same thing John Wesley asked: Are you going on?
A poet’s truth at the graveside
At the interment, the holy words I needed to hear weren’t from the Bible.
September 3, Ordinary 22A (Exodus 3:1–15)
We see what we focus on—and what we focus on determines what we do not see.
Russell Moore speaks truth to his community
The Christianity Today editor and former Southern Baptist leader is gravely concerned about the soul of US evangelicalism.
Losing puns in translation (Matthew 16:13-20)
Jesus’ word association with “Peter” falls flat in almost every language.
Compassion makes us human
When we fail to be compassionate, the refrain “Well, we’re only human” is exactly wrong.
Episode 31: environmental activist Bill McKibben, author of The Flag, the Cross and the Station Wagon
A conversation with Bill McKibben about climate change, the wealth gap, spiritual formation, and more
What we think we know about God
“Anyone who thinks he knows the orthodox consensus can always be shown to be wrong,” says David Bentley Hart.
Intersex at Bible college
In telling a student’s story, Cynthia Vacca Davis captures the complicated nature of coming of age as an intersex person.
The Barbie conversation
What started as a summer feel-good movie has opened discussions about embodiment, death, feminist utopias, and whether change can come through consumer goods.
The dream and the backlash
Sixty years after the March on Washington, we don’t talk much about how nervous it made White people.
The gates of evangelicalism
Isaac Sharp traces the story of the groups that find themselves outside, pushed there by the conservative White men standing guard.