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Nicene myths
The Athanasians won, so they got to tell the story of Arianism. Arius would barely have recognized it.
Nicene myths
The Athanasians won, so they got to tell the story of Arianism. Arius would barely have recognized it.
In times of fear, I return to Julian of Norwich
The medieval mystic offers challenging words for desperate times.
May 11, Easter 4C (Psalm 23; John 10:22-30)
Jesus is very clear: Snatchers, no snatching!
Perhaps the psalmist is referring to limestone, important to ancient civilizations for construction and also as an agricultural and dietary aid.
Perhaps the psalmist is referring to limestone, important to ancient civilizations for construction and also as an agricultural and dietary aid.
April 13, Passion C (Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Luke 23:1-49)
What do we do with our powerlessness?
Dreams inhabit untamed psychological, emotional, and spiritual terrain.
American hell
In the last year of his life, Martin Luther King Jr.’s confidence in the politics of progressivism dimmed. Judgment became his refrain.
The prodigal’s return looks more like a strategy than a wholehearted conversion.
James Quentin's Scroll Cross, From His Side, and Black Forest Cross (clockwise from left to right)
James Quentin's Scroll Cross, From His Side, and Black Forest Cross (clockwise from left to right)
For many, repent is a hurt-filled word. That’s a shame, because we need it more than ever.
March 9, Lent 1 (Psalm 91:1–2, 9–16; Romans 10:8b–13; Luke 4:1–13)
God chooses to draw near—and to draw us out of ourselves.
God’s maternal love
I wonder if what I felt, feared, and learned as a young mother mirrors what God experiences when she tries to feed us.
The women who would be war heroes
Kristin Hannah’s novel is based on military nurses’ firsthand accounts of their experiences in Vietnam.
No one and nothing escapes Psalm 148’s exhortation.
My protector was not on the ballot this fall
I look to the hills, not to a politician.
Divine silence
A Quaker colleague taught me how stillness exercises agency, how it acts upon worshipers.
Vegetables that are fearfully and wonderfully made
My friend left me his CSA share for two weeks. It changed the way I look at labor.