language

There are many answers to this question, so using the term without explanation can be confusing—and even dangerous.

In the biblical imagination, God’s words bring the world into existence by command. Human speech accomplishes something different.

Living in the liturgical present makes salvation a story about us, not just the past.

To speak Black Church is to dwell in a world of metaphors about a God who is engaged in the lives of Black people.

Growing up bilingual primed me to see the gifts offered at Babel and Pentecost.

At my church, some of us are learning Spanish. Others are learning English.

Fredrik deBoer explains why the mobilization of 2020 produced so few concrete gains.

They might not be what you’d expect.

I heard a variation on the Eden story that offers a new look at Eve.

As a marine biologist, I ask how—and dance at the edge of asking why.

While struggling with this question as a church songwriter, I came up with six guidelines.

Philosopher and linguist Julia Kristeva asks but does not answer this question about the Russian novelist’s complex work.

As it tells the story of our time, the Century makes readers and writers of us all.

It doesn’t matter what genre Translating Myself and Others is. What matters is that it is irresistibly immersive.

But the enchantment of Matrix is ultimately broken by her language.

When she gave me words, she gave me God.

After the resurrection, the disciples’ words failed too.