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The print version of the Century's recent feature on spiritual direction included an annotated book list, which I compiled based on recommendations from three professors in the discipline.

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If my pastor got up some Sunday and said, "I am not a pastor. I'm just a regular person," I'd respond like this: "Well, we hired you to be a pastor, and if you have a problem with it you should find another line of work."

The gospel is the good news that Christ's death and resurrection--mediated through scripture, tradition, and the sacraments of the church--offers new life for all who embrace it.

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These seven books offer help in thinking about the structure and content of clergy peer groups.

At age 29 I cried out to an empty universe in the first authentic prayer of my life: "God, if you are, I need help!" The help came in ways I couldn't imagine.

Here's a separate top-ten list of just our paid content--i.e., the most popular articles of the year that were read online only by Century subscribers.

Birth is a messy, painful affair, fraught with risk and danger. Yet Jesus was born.

Here are the Century's most-viewed blog posts of the year. Thanks for reading.

Here are the Century magazine articles that were most popular online this year. Thanks for reading.

God's all-encompassing love enters the world in the person of Jesus Christ, through the power of the Spirit.

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Jesus Christ revitalizes, personalizes and universalizes God's covenants with the people of Israel.

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When conflicts come up between religious beliefs and the law, religious progressives should support certain religious exemptions--even if they disagree with the beliefs in question.