The Christian Century

Those of us who worked with him sometimes suspected he had cloned himself.

We need to relearn a capacity to dwell in God’s presence.

Her radical final words confounded me for years.

We’re hungrier than ever for physicality, place, and embodiment.

Bishop Philipose Mar Chrysostom worked with unlikely partners—including communist leaders in Kerala—to bring about social change.

Most days I hover somewhere between Adam’s “I was afraid” and John of Patmos’s “Come, Lord Jesus.”

Before you had a human parent, you had a perfect one.

We need structural change. We also need to be willing to be personally undone.

He prayed things would get better. It’s not too late.

Christ harrows hell, and nowhere are we beyond the hand that holds that harrow.

The ancient wisdom text urges us to find joy in the limits of the present moment.

Even during a pandemic, feasting is central to Christian worship.

We don’t pine for a second coming that will bring the world to an end. We pray for the indwelling of Christ that will enable the world to continue.

We posed this question to five writers.

Here in Oregon, the consequences of our actions are burning all around us.