Imagining the Magi
To be God’s people is to be caught up in parable, in story and storytelling.
Reading the Qur’an at Christmastide
One of us
Books
Bearing witness in three lines
A book that tells a story beyond its pages
You can’t go home again
From comedy club to convent
News
In This Issue
Imagining the Magi
Bearing witness in three lines
A cloud of witnesses for the new year
Voices
Rachel Mann
Imagining the Magi
To be God’s people is to be caught up in parable, in story and storytelling.
Peter Choi
A cloud of witnesses for the new year
When the world feels like too much, I look to those who bore even greater burdens in ages past.
Melissa Florer-Bixler
A preacher at play
I once asked a child to give a Sunday sermon—on the book of Job.
Stephanie Perdew
One of us
In my circles, the incarnation is often met with a dismissive liberal skepticism. For me, it has always been a consolation.
Phil Christman
The poverty of gossip
It’s not just that it’s sadistic. It also lacks aesthetic or psychological imagination.
Benjamin J. Dueholm
Are we on the cusp of a revival?
Rumors of it are premature but persistent.
Politics
A cloud of witnesses for the new year
Collective punishment
All nativity scenes are political
