Our spiritual lives would grow if we could step beyond the false notion that God arranges our circumstances.
First Words
Editor/publisher Peter W. Marty reflects on signs of grace and explores Christian witness
Too many powerful people in public positions today refuse to repudiate the language of threat.
What’s behind the Century’s new tagline?
Judicial originalism is biblical literalism’s younger cousin.
Through play, children acquire fundamental skills for living cooperatively with others.
Cowardly politicians sacrifice the helpless upon it.
Life isn’t meant to be lived in the rearview mirror.
We learn the most from those with whom we have a strong emotional bond.
A failed high school science experiment increased my empathy for those who can’t sleep.
This acknowledgment is at the heart of Christianity.
But sometimes it also requires clever tactics.
They put us in touch with essential things that we know to be dear or wrong.
When did comfort become our highest aspiration?
For Simone Weil, paying attention means asking, ”What are you going through?”
He turned it into love and care for humiliated others.
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