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A rich woman who took the Magnificat seriously
Vida Dutton Scudder, an early 20th-century radical, points Christians to solidarity and martyrdom.
The eerie call of John the Baptist
His followers realized there was no quick exit from the discomfort of his words.
The eerie call of John the Baptist
His followers realized there was no quick exit from the discomfort of his words.
When stagnant waters become fresh
The dams on the Klamath River are coming down. Their removal reflects a very different theology than their construction.
When stagnant waters become fresh
The dams on the Klamath River are coming down. Their removal reflects a very different theology than their construction.
Signs of Mary Magdalene in John 11
“If John’s christological confessor is also the first person the risen Jesus appears to,” says biblical scholar Elizabeth Schrader Polczer, “that could make her a competitor to Peter’s authority.”
Can dead things live again?
When the widow in Luke 7 sees her son revived, she isn’t thinking about biology.
Getting justice and getting it right
Stanley Hauerwas’s The Peaceable Kingdom at 40
Me and my Rhode Island Reds
Having cats did not prepare our family for chickens.
Extravagant consumption
For Jesus, the inverse of scarcity isn’t abundance—it’s accumulation.
Extravagant consumption
For Jesus, the inverse of scarcity isn’t abundance—it’s accumulation.
Extravagant consumption
For Jesus, the inverse of scarcity isn’t abundance—it’s accumulation.
Extravagant consumption
For Jesus, the inverse of scarcity isn’t abundance—it’s accumulation.
Hostile architecture
In metro areas today, park benches are becoming an endangered species.
The sin of ableism
Erin Raffety’s ethnographic study calls churches to repentance.
May 18, Ascension (Luke 24:44-53)
Luke places Jesus’ final blessing and departure in Bethany—the root of which means “house” or “home.”
April 23, Easter 3A (Luke 24:13-35)
When the disciples encounter the risen Christ, they feel it in their bodies.
by Jenna Smith
When and where did the resurrected Jesus first appear?
The Bible offers conflicting answers.