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Wendell Berry’s vision of a sacred world
Experience, reading, and the daily rounds of farm work taught Wendell that scripture is correct: Every creature and every inch of earth is made and approved by God.
Wendell Berry’s vision of a sacred world
Experience, reading, and the daily rounds of farm work taught Wendell that scripture is correct: Every creature and every inch of earth is made and approved by God.
September 1, Creation in Christ A (Genesis 1:1−2:3 or Genesis 2:4−25; Psalm 148:1−14; Acts 17:22a, 24−28; John 1:1−5)
There is nothing in us that is not also in earth, sun, stars, and everything composed of matter.
September 1, Creation in Christ A (Genesis 1:1−2:3 or Genesis 2:4−25; Psalm 148:1−14; Acts 17:22a, 24−28; John 1:1−5)
There is nothing in us that is not also in earth, sun, stars, and everything composed of matter.
September 1, Creation in Christ A (Genesis 1:1−2:3 or Genesis 2:4−25; Psalm 148:1−14; Acts 17:22a, 24−28; John 1:1−5)
There is nothing in us that is not also in earth, sun, stars, and everything composed of matter.
Escape to Mars?
The ultrarich are planning their exit from a dying planet. Christian apocalyptic theology has a different ending in mind.
The creation story gives us a glimpse of the nature of God whom we name as the Holy Trinity.
by Brian Maas
The genders within us
I am more and more convinced that trans people’s gender multiplicity will point us to our collective liberation.
The genders within us
I am more and more convinced that trans people’s gender multiplicity will point us to our collective liberation.
The genders within us
I am more and more convinced that trans people’s gender multiplicity will point us to our collective liberation.
Hope arrives in the present tense
Living in the liturgical present makes salvation a story about us, not just the past.
While there is much in the Fall story that might be healing, its primary legacy has been . . . well, “hurtful” seems far too weak a word.
While there is much in the Fall story that might be healing, its primary legacy has been . . . well, “hurtful” seems far too weak a word.
Learning in pieces
Theological education may be fracturing, but there’s wisdom and beauty in the fragments.
Learning in pieces
Theological education may be fracturing, but there’s wisdom and beauty in the fragments.
Learning in pieces
Theological education may be fracturing, but there’s wisdom and beauty in the fragments.
In the Bible, gender is not binary
The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one of them.
In the Bible, gender is not binary
The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one of them.