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Living by kinship, not consumption
When I’m tempted to click “Add to cart,” I hear creation groaning.
A preventable oil spill in Kansas
Fossil fuel companies aren’t promoting sustainability. They can’t even be trusted to take baseline safety measures.
All in with Wes Anderson
Asteroid City might be the most Anderson of all his films, and I came to it like an acolyte who is doubting the mystery.
A parable about itself (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23)
The Parable of the Sower gives the preacher an opportunity to teach about the gift of parables.
Extravagant consumption
For Jesus, the inverse of scarcity isn’t abundance—it’s accumulation.
Who is Naoíse Mac Sweeney’s new history of the West for?
Like so many books today, it seems aimed at convincing an audience that will never read it.
Ordinary violence
Peacemaking is a crucial part of the Christian life—but it isn’t just about war.
Rose Macaulay was ahead of her time
In Crewe Train, the neglected Anglo-Catholic novelist tells the story of a woman who resolutely does not fit in.
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July 16, 15A (Genesis 25:19–34)
I haven’t always embraced the particularity of God.
The corrosive power of regret
What does it take to find self-compassion and embrace self-forgiveness?
Hostile architecture
In metro areas today, park benches are becoming an endangered species.
Lessons from downsizing my office
As I worked my way through old files and photos, I met with three kinds of sadness.