Sister Holiday takes the heat
Margot Douaihy’s New Orleans is a fever dream. Her protagonist is a queer, punk nun who is all in on her vocation.
September 14, 2023
The woman behind tarot’s strange beauty
I wonder how Pamela Colman Smith worked it out in reverse, led by her own creativity straight to the Catholic Church—the place I’ve tried to leave.
April 27, 2023
The problem with artificial intelligence is us
As long as AI is trained on human behavior, it will tend to replicate our worst flaws.
March 28, 2023
Releasing our grip (Sirach 15:15-20; Deuteronomy 30:15-20)
So often we are trapped by our own imaginations.
February 10, 2023
The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives inspired by the words Wind and Splash.
January 9, 2023
The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives inspired by the words Wind and Splash.
November 4, 2022
Steadfast, resilient, and increasingly happy (2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12)
There’s a hard truth about existence in 2 Thessalonians 1 that social science bears out.
October 28, 2022
October 30, Ordinary 31C (Luke 19:1–10)
You want to see and be seen by Jesus? Sinner, get ready!
October 24, 2022
God’s promise to repay (Joel 2:23–32)
It is so tender that God would say God owes us one.
October 21, 2022
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October 23, Ordinary 30C (Joel 2:23–32)
In Joel I encounter the God who has counted what I’ve lost and promised to pay it back.
October 17, 2022
Is Sinéad O’Connor a secular saint?
A new documentary positions the fiery iconoclast as a prophet ahead of her time.
September 30, 2022
The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives inspired by the words Hunt and Wind.
September 2, 2022
Snakes and scorpions for our children (Luke 11:1-13)
How could Jesus assume that all those who heard him preach would never treat their children in such a way?
July 22, 2022
July 31, Ordinary 18C Luke (12:13-21)
The lilies of the field don’t have student loans.
July 5, 2022