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Laquan McDonald (from the series In the Wake), by Jared Thorne
art selection and comment by Aaron Rosen
Laquan McDonald (from the series In the Wake), by Jared Thorne
art selection and comment by Aaron Rosen
Laquan McDonald (from the series In the Wake), by Jared Thorne
art selection and comment by Aaron Rosen
How White Christians turned syncretism into an insult
Early-20th-century European and North American missionaries grew concerned about it—but never in their own churches.
by Ross Kane
How faith-based organizing helped end money bail in Illinois
The Bible provided some healthy agitation as we built coalitions to literally set the captives free.
by Charles Straight and Will Tanzman
How faith-based organizing helped end money bail in Illinois
The Bible provided some healthy agitation as we built coalitions to literally set the captives free.
by Charles Straight and Will Tanzman
Defining the Trinity is absurd.
When words fail, the church sings—especially on Trinity Sunday.
Some people can tell where wine or coffee is from just by tasting it.
Jesus’ high priestly prayer is a call to a new kind of knowing and loving.
What would the insurance-mandated boundary trainings that I’ve attended make of Jesus’ intimacy with his disciples?
The vine branch doesn’t put “make grapes” on its to-do list. It just makes them.
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.”
Amy Frykholm interviews Gary Nabhan
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.”
Amy Frykholm interviews Gary Nabhan
Read the Passion in John‘s Gospel. All of it.
by Wes D. Avram
Read the Passion in John‘s Gospel. All of it.
by Wes D. Avram
Can H. L. Hix improve on Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?
An odd, charming gospel account that draws from dozens of sources