Amy Frykholm
Ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan on food justice and Jesus
“Jesus was preaching to people who were in the middle of the worst farming and fishing crisis yet.”
Rebuilding refugee resettlement to make it better than it was under Trump—or Obama
“The last four years were incredibly hard. But we also know that the system was not perfect four years ago.”
The many voices of refugee experience
Kao Kalia Yang’s collective memoir conveys their diversity—and their singular humanity.
In search of sanctuary
When my church opened its doors to an immigrant family, we had to reimagine the meaning of sacred space.
The books we’re giving as Christmas gifts
If your secret Santa were a Century editor, here’s what you might be getting.
Journeying with Father Dan and a coyote along the via negativa
Daniel Hornsby’s debut novel has a wonderful road-trippy feeling.
The Black Church Food Security Network aims to heal the land and heal the soul
“Food charity is a sweet siren song. It is not a sustainable track toward the Beloved Community.”
Rock star Yuri Shevchuk imagines an anti-nationalist Russian democracy
The performances of his band, DDT, are like teach-ins.
Asylum seekers face nearly impossible hurdles. The Dilley Pro Bono Project tries to help.
A week with 12 law students volunteering in South Texas
A congregation that spans the US-Mexico border
For more than a decade, Christians have worshiped together across the border wall.
The strange, humbling ritual of foot washing
It makes me uncomfortable. That’s by design.
What an open door to asylum seekers looks like
A Laredo pastor and his family are hard at work helping others, on both sides of the border.
Examining whiteness through “reparative writing”
Jess Row asks what happens when alienation turns to rage.
A lapsed Catholic’s unexpected devotion
Searching for the Mary statue from her childhood, Sonja Livingston found much more.
The SAT is unfair. My son is studying for it anyway.
It’s hard to quit the college admissions game.
The precarious position of evangelical women celebrities in the church
“These women are a puzzle hidden in plain sight.”
When forgetting is more useful than remembering
Some things are better forgotten, says Lewis Hyde.