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Festival of the child

At Christmas, the least grown-up parts of us have free rein.

by Rachel Mann
Voices

My protector was not on the ballot this fall

I look to the hills, not to a politician.
by Stephanie Perdew
Features

How do we preach about a vigilante murder?

As preachers consider their response to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a sermon from the Gilded Age might guide the way.
by Katarina von Kühn
Readers Write

Essays by readers: Seed

We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “Seed.”
Features

The Christmas of Baby Tommy

We raised our kids without a religious narrative. My young son stumbled upon one on his own.
by Lesley Finn

Books

Did enslaved people write the New Testament?

Candida Moss argues that when early Christian texts were written, unpaid laborers were in the room where it happened.
by Nijay K. Gupta

What is poetry in the face of war?

Mosab Abu Toha’s poems are about Gaza. Reading them I saw all people who suffer.
by Jill Peláez Baumgaertner

Eight homilies for practicing presence

Rabbi Sharon Brous believes we can build beloved community simply by showing up for one another.
by Emily Soloff
Books in review

Evangelical reckonings

Randall Balmer, David Gushee, and Tim Alberta diagnose what’s gone wrong.
by Amar D. Peterman

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Books

Did enslaved people write the New Testament?

Candida Moss argues that when early Christian texts were written, unpaid laborers were in the room where it happened.
by Nijay K. Gupta
Interviews

Reading into the gaps

“Because certain scribal puns appear only in Galatians,” says Candida Moss, “we have to consider that they come from the secretary rather than Paul.”
Interview by Amy Frykholm
Voices

My protector was not on the ballot this fall

I look to the hills, not to a politician.
by Stephanie Perdew

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The wisdom of a kinswoman (Luke 1:39-55)

Mary’s first move is to set off to visit Elizabeth.

by Nadia Stefko

Interviews

Reading into the gaps

“Because certain scribal puns appear only in Galatians,” says Candida Moss, “we have to consider that they come from the secretary rather than Paul.”
Interview by Amy Frykholm
Books

Did enslaved people write the New Testament?

Candida Moss argues that when early Christian texts were written, unpaid laborers were in the room where it happened.
by Nijay K. Gupta

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Voices

My protector was not on the ballot this fall

I look to the hills, not to a politician.
by Stephanie Perdew
Features

How do we preach about a vigilante murder?

As preachers consider their response to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a sermon from the Gilded Age might guide the way.
by Katarina von Kühn
Voices

After every election, I turn to Tolstoy

His challenges to the left and right alike are devastating and timely.
by Julian DeShazier
From the Editors

The grace of apocalyptic imagination

As the depth of the climate crisis is revealed, our despair grows. But God hovers at the edge of doom.

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