Features
The inclusivity trap
The price of virtue
Hildegard’s living stones
Where the salmon run again
Global aid writ Lutheran
Revisiting Everyday Apocalypse
Understanding polyamory
Douglas Wilson’s theology of victim blaming
Voices
Benjamin J. Dueholm
Church gossip and a pastor’s double life
I’m obligated to a high standard of confidentiality. I also find the stories
on social media hard to resist.
Brian Bantum
My prayer for soldiers
I looked up to see a line of 50 kids in uniform boarding the plane. Every one of them had brown skin like mine.
Kelly Brown Douglas
Sacred longing
Immigrants’ stories capture a deep desire for something better. Scripture shows that God longs for a better world, too.
Peter Choi
A gospel of belonging in Korea
It’s my first time here in decades, and I have been struck by the depth of relational intimacy on display everywhere I go.
Rachel Mann
From shame to gift
Humans have a special talent for screwing things up. I think acknowledging this offers liberation.
Stephanie Saldaña
The wounds of Catholic women
When the Vatican rejected a bid to allow laypeople to preach at mass, I felt again the toll of being dismissed by the church I call home.
Books
Blessings for all
Christine Valters Paintner draws on Jewish, Islamic, and Celtic traditions to widen what is worthy of blessing.
How judges made neoliberalism
Mehrsa Baradaran reveals the ways the market captured the law and called it freedom.
Yoga, psychedelics, and sound baths
Many wellness practices have religious roots. Liz Bucar argues that we can engage these roots without joining the religion.
Understanding the Bible in terms of justice isn’t new
Claudia Setzer traces a bold tradition of reading scripture for the love of God, neighbor, and a more humane society.
Lonely conspiracists
Noelle Cook opens a window into the lives of two insurrectionists, Yvonne and Tammy, as they navigate the world after January 6.
An NGO’s complex ethics
Journalist Ross Halperin tells the story of two friends whose work in Honduras finds them bearing the high costs of discipleship.
In love with a fantasy
Amanda McCracken thought she’d been unlucky in love. Instead she’d been faithful to the idea of longing itself.
Departments
Masks hide us—and shape us
Assistance in dying, Berrigan’s witness, and more reader feedback
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