Politics & Society
Intentional conflict
“Conflict is not sin,” says Priya Parker. “It’s heart; it’s relevance. People don’t fight about what they don’t care about.”
How judges made neoliberalism
Mehrsa Baradaran reveals the ways the market captured the law and called it freedom.
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.
The price of virtue
It is often easier to do good or be good if you are rich. Just ask Job.
Sacred longing
Immigrants’ stories capture a deep desire for something better. Scripture shows that God longs for a better world, too.
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.
A politics of grievance in the vineyard
The language may change, but Matthew 20’s underlying question remains: Who belongs, and who does not?
Lonely conspiracists
Noelle Cook opens a window into the lives of two insurrectionists, Yvonne and Tammy, as they navigate the world after January 6.
Masks hide us—and shape us
When extremists don disguises and terrorize others, they also do grave moral damage to themselves.
The price of AI’s techno-religious promises
The environment is not the only sacrifice we’re being asked to make. Workers, too, are being offered up.
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.
Global aid writ Lutheran
“We see hope in the small things,” says LWF World Service director Maria Immonen, “but also despair—because the solutions are right there, just out of our reach.”
A win for people power
A faith-based group successfully campaigned to get a major bank to divest from private detention centers. There is hope to be mined here.
Understanding polyamory
Alternatives to monogamous marriage are going mainstream. How will Christians respond?
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.