incarnation
No longer Black or White?
Perhaps the neither/nor of Galatians 3 isn’t really about moving beyond specific identities.
The Word became relationship
Christianity is, finally, a story in which communication prevails over violence.
by Samuel Wells
Creation and new creation
A collection of essays invites artists and
theologians into conversation.
On the path to holiness with Dostoevsky
Paul Contino offers a hope-filled reading of The Brothers Karamazov.
If God is almighty, why do we suffer?
A nine-year-old at my church wants to know.
Reckoning with our messiah complexes
The vulnerability of the newborn Christ challenges our inclination to play God.
’Tis the season for royal Christmas movies
What exactly is it about the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ that says “tiara romance”?
Created out of nothing means created out of love
To say creation is ex nihilo is to say that divine love is the only power at work in the creation of everything.
“Why didn’t Jesus come as a woman?” asked my daughter
I didn’t know how to answer, but I do know that the gendering of God has real-world consequences.
by Debie Thomas
Rowan Williams sees creation through the human, divine Christ
The incarnation doesn’t require a miracle; it reveals one that’s already there.
by S. Mark Heim
Convicted for taking water to thirsty people
The No More Deaths volunteers were imitating the logic of the incarnation.
The relics in Jerusalem didn’t move me. Why?
For some reason, I couldn’t find the holy in the holy rocks everyone else was venerating.
by Amy Frykholm
In praise of gravity
My understanding of God has become a welcome object of gravity, as it moved from heady abstractions to my gut.
The incarnation and the challenge of transhumanism
If we become godlike, what god will we be like?
by Ian Curran
Paradox at the heart of poetry
The Still Pilgrim—seemingly Angela Alaimo O'Donnell's alter ego—reflects joy and longing.
Pedagogy of the embodied
Mark Jordan shows us Aquinas—and God—in the flesh.
Laughing at what’s not funny
Like Jason Micheli, I have incurable cancer. His book helped me find humor in it.
The grace of real and virtual presence
Theologian Deanna Thompson used to criticize the pervasive technological creep overtaking our lives. Then she was diagnosed with cancer.
by Alan Van Wyk
Incarnation in the desert
If God can be born in the wilderness, God can be born in the dry places of our lives.
The radiance when God comes close
I watched the full moon cover mundane scenes with its glow. Isn't this what Advent is about?