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Iona was once the beating heart of Celtic Christianity
The only thing it lacked was a desert—so the monks imagined one.
Beyond the wilderness (Deuteronomy 26:1-11)
Deuteronomy offers instructions for what to do after not 40 days but 40 years of wandering.
At Tara Isabella Burton’s fictional boarding school, the hunger for transcendence gets dark
A tale of beauty, religion, and how easy it is to exploit them
Is Russia’s war on Ukraine about religion?
The history of Russian and Ukrainian Orthodoxy suggests the answer is complicated.
April 3, Lent 5C (John 12:1-8)
Were Mary and Martha at the Last Supper? It’s possible.
The Didache’s ancient wisdom on baptism lands differently in a megadrought
Faith and water conservation in the desert
After my son died, I went looking for God in the desert
If anything had an honest answer, it would be the canyon’s cool indifference and heartbreaking beauty.
Why go to church camp?
Jacob Sorenson has written a wise, informative, and practical study of the benefits of Christian summer camps.
Jesus turned his public humiliation into solidarity
He turned it into love and care for humiliated others.
Episode 1: Translating the saints with Carmen Acevedo Butcher
“In letting the documents speak to me, I was able to see that the main message is ‘God is love.’ That’s it.”
March 27, Lent 4C (Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32)
Sometimes anger is a window into what needs to be mended and healed.
“Pray for Ukraine”: Religious leaders call for peace, God’s protection
At the top of the website for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA is a simple, three-word message: “Pray for Ukraine!”...
One woman’s mission to create a thru-hiking trail in Mexico
“The most magical part of thru-hiking is the community that we share.”
When nothing matches (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
It’s easy to read this passage and assume it has nothing to do with us.
Shiny things (Exodus 34:29-35)
The story of Moses’ descent from Mount Sinai should be paired with the story before it.
Peru needs its Lord of Miracles now more than ever
Amid political chaos, a church mural from 1746 grounds Peruvian faith and national identity.
Lent beckons like an open door
For 40 days, we contend with our mortality so that we might know what it means to live.
Grace Ji-Sun Kim’s theology of visibility
When Asian American women are rendered invisible, the whole church is diminished.
Two tough questions at the coffee shop
Why are you still in the church? Why bother with Christianity at all?
Pfizer didn’t create its COVID vaccine alone
Yet it’s holding tight to its life-saving information—and its record-breaking profits.