Features
Seeing the crucified Christ in my wife’s C-section
A letter from Paul to Christians in the US
We’re all going to die. Why is it so hard to talk about it?
Howard Thurman’s contemplative nonviolence
Voices
M. Craig Barnes
A wedding reception that felt like Cana
We drank wine, danced with abandon, and caught a glimpse of grace.
Philip Jenkins
Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir’s life tells the story of Lebanon
He was a patriarch in the Maronite Church, a diplomatic interfaith leader, and a local power broker.
Books
In a politically divided church, what’s the preacher to do?
The answer, says Leah Schade, is about dialogue as much as any single sermon.
Can libraries save us?
What holds the world together, Eric Klinenberg believes, is social infrastructure.
In praise of Elie Wiesel
Two tributes that offer behind-the-scenes glimpses of the beloved teacher
Four people, one church
Cara Wall writes beautifully about something novelists rarely address: a mainline Protestant congregation.