sacraments

A conversation with GG Renee Hill about expressive writing, mental health, a four-step creative process, and more.

A conversation with John Kasich about faith institutions, hope, civic engagement, and more.

A conversation with Amanda Ann Gregory about trauma, forgiveness, gender justice, and more

A conversation with Bishop Andy Doyle about sacred spaces, AI, digital sabbath, and more

Baptism and Eucharist should rework all of our ideas about identity.

Five new books that address today’s theological challenges

Sacramentality is the breath of Christian life—life that springs from the sacraments and life that yearns to return to them.

U2's subway prank created a strange sort of intimacy and spontaneous community. I felt a similar dynamic at play at a recent funeral.

Listening itself has a sacramental dimension. When a family gathers around a hospital bed, it becomes a sort of communion table.

A priest poses the question to a group of children: "How many sacraments are there?" Without missing a beat a little girl responds: "Seven for boys, and six for girls." The math may differ for different communions, with fewer sacraments distributed more equitably among the genders, but Susan A. Ross of Loyola University raises questions that no sacramental tradition can ignore. She posits a principle all traditions could embrace: all of life is potentially revelatory of the divine. Then Ross surveys all facets of her question: how can one construct a sacramental theology that takes the bodies of men and women as seriously as it takes the body of Christ?