Features
Gifts you can read
Searching for home in the world’s religions
Neutrality or solidarity?
Voices
Yolanda Pierce
Settling into the joy of vocation
My life must be lived as a response to something beyond myself and my material needs.
Debie Thomas
Between the Bible and me
The version of Christian history I grew up with hit fast-forward after John’s Revelation and held it until the late 20th century.
Samuel Wells
The emotion standing in the way of peace
Anger can be both healthy and helpful. Rage offers only destruction.
Books
Seeking justice for a 19th-century rape survivor
In 1894, Baylor University covered up the rape of a 14-year-old girl on campus. Two Baylor professors make the case against the university.
Burial with dignity
Allison Meier sees cemeteries as great repositories of cultural history—and as spaces deserving of reverence.
Power in the blood
Kate Clancy wants to redefine the discourse around menstruation.
The artistic vision of Jesus
Aaron Rosen finds that Jesus looks at the world the way artists see their subjects.