water

Baptismal rituals in glacial lands hold memories of the past—and wisdom for facing climate change.

Fresh water was scarce even before the war. Now the situation is dire.

The dams on the Klamath River are coming down. Their removal reflects a very different theology than their construction.

Abraham Verghese’s new novel tells an epic tale of a family of Thomas Christians in modern India.

Be like water: clear, humble, persistent, and restorative.

In my 15 years as a pastor, I’ve seen a lot of watery eyes at the table.

Peter Leithart argues that the sacrament’s violence is surprisingly good news.

What was the earthy taste of river water telling me?

This time, David beat Goliath.

I'm standing by Lake Michigan for the first time, but it already knows me.

The No More Deaths volunteers were imitating the logic of the incarnation.

On the cross, Jesus needed actual water. No one gave him any.

John the Baptist's world and ours

Mona Hanna-Attisha and Anna Clark explore the crisis from inside and out.

If the water keeps drying up, Christians and Muslims alike will suffer appallingly.

Judith Schwartz and Michael E. Webber each call attention to the challenges facing the water over which the Spirit broods.

At its worst, Protestantism has long been deeply suspicious of all holy things, of the very notion that a physical object can carry anything of the sacred. At its best, such a suspicion is aimed instead at the notion of holier things—of an elite, rarefied sacrality that sets a few things utterly apart.

So I’m not among those rolling my eyes at Rep. Bob Brady for seeing something holy in a glass of water.

No rain in California is a disaster for all of us. But the drought, now entering its fourth year, is also an opportunity.

The Christian heritage of praying next to water is older than Christianity itself, being deeply influenced by our Jewish heritage. One of our stunning water-prayer treasures is Psalm 104.

Will the water bring death or life?