Books In Review: Jhumpa Lahiri’s new book crosses boundaries It doesn’t matter what genre Translating Myself and Others is. What matters is that it is irresistibly immersive. by Carmen Acevedo Butcher May 12, 2022
Books In Review: Lauren Groff builds a proto-feminist medieval world But the enchantment of Matrix is ultimately broken by her language. by Amy Frykholm January 24, 2022
Faith Matters My mother gave me the gift of words When she gave me words, she gave me God. by Debie Thomas May 28, 2021
First Person In this Easter season, words fail After the resurrection, the disciples’ words failed too. by Ruth Everhart April 21, 2020
Books In Review: Sacred impulse, poetic form For Sofia Starnes, poetry is the language of faith. by Jefferson Holdridge May 14, 2019
From the Editor/Publisher Tired church jargon Some buzzwords that are due for a sabbatical by Peter W. Marty August 17, 2018
Books In Review: Zadie Smith leaves no cultural stone unturned Smith's collection of essays considers the self as an improvised response to language and the world. by Henry L. Carrigan Jr. May 21, 2018
First Person Reading Elie Wiesel after fleeing Rwanda You cannot bear witness with a single word like genocide. Yet Night describes exactly what happened to me. by Clemantine Wamariya May 1, 2018
Notes from the Global Church Why people still speak Guaraní The Jesuits didn't impose a European language on the Guaraní people; they actively cultivated the indigenous one. by Philip Jenkins December 7, 2017
Cover to Cover In Review: Philosophy and parody in a murder mystery Laurent Binet's latest novel is at once a lecture, a detective story, and an exploration of the limits of fiction. by Elizabeth Palmer August 30, 2017
Books In Review: Dreaming in Israel In Aharon Appelfeld's novel, a teenage Holocaust survivor sleeps, remembers, and learns to speak anew. by Rachel Marie Stone June 14, 2017
Cover to Cover In Review: What words mean to us John Simpson's new memoir is about words. More significantly, it’s about our relationship to them. by Elizabeth Palmer January 3, 2017
Books In Review: Speaking of the cross Much of what Christianity has long been saying about the cross of Christ is problematic. So what is to be done about it? by Charles Hefling July 20, 2016
Feature Faith in translation: The gospel as a second language A fast-growing number of people do not have a religious first language. And many churches don't seem eager to connect with them. by Trey Hall June 9, 2016
Faith Matters On the verge of comprehension Those who heard the disciples preach on Pentecost comprehended the message in their own language. But that was only the beginning. by Stephanie Paulsell May 4, 2016