Elizabeth Palmer
No place to lay their heads
Two compelling novels reveal the horrors of forced displacement.
The ones that got away
As CC books editor, I get to peruse a lot of books. Too bad I can’t review them all.
Christmas picks: Bible edition
Looking for a Bible-related gift for a friend? Here are my recommendations.
Introducing Cover to Cover
My job: read, love, critique, and comment on books. Your job: read, love, critique, and comment on this blog.
From school to prison
For some kids, jail is a school field trip. For others, it's nearly inevitable.
From the archives: David Steinmetz on Mother Teresa
Shortly before David Steinmetz died last November, I saw him at a wedding that I was officiating....
Sacred and profane
Jesus points out ways in which the line has already been dissolved.
Thinking about justice two years after Ferguson
I reported for jury service on a Monday morning. I had just returned to town after a week away, and there was a lot to catch up on in the office. But I wasn’t worried....
August 21, 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time: Luke 13:10-17
The unnamed woman’s healing in this week’s Gospel reading is a story of expansion, revelation, vision widened by grace. There’s more to the story, however.
August 14, 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jeremiah 23:23-29; Luke 12:49-56
Fire is a dangerous image for Jesus to use, even if he doesn’t mean it literally. What kind of God would bring fire to the earth?
Faith on the edge: Writer Dennis Covington
"Belief is not the 'substance of things hoped for.' Faith is."