Features
How I learned to love Thérèse of Lisieux
At first I found the "little flower" insufferable. Then I read her unedited writing.
Our staff's Christmas picks
Here at CC, we have some recommendations for your shopping list.
Recipes for a revolution
The More-with-Less cookbook called for responsible eating long before it was cool.
What we can learn from an Orthodox nun
She died resisting the Nazis. Her critique of Christians in society still resonates today.
Books
Gifts of comfort and joy
In these troubling times, we asked some of our favorite writers to tell us about books (and other things) that bring hope and healing.
Poverty's lifelong damage
Decades worth of data have proven that poverty shortens lives. Will anyone respond?
Saint or devil incarnate?
Empress Theodora is mainly known through the writings of a man who hated her. But there's more to her story.
Agrarian agape
Norman Wirzba views theology and ecology through 1 John 4:8, "Whoever does not love does not know God."
Janet Milkovich's Christmas picks
What CC's donor relations coordinator recommends
Rachel Pyle's Christmas picks
What CC's editorial assistant recommends
Witnesses to war
Ordinary people from Syria, Libya, and Iraq shed light on the costs of conflict.
Amy Frykholm's Christmas picks
What CC's associate editor recommends
Peter W. Marty's Christmas picks
What CC's publisher recommends
Steve Thorngate's Christmas picks
What CC's associate editor recommends
Debra Bendis's Christmas picks
What CC's senior editor recommends
David Heim's Christmas picks
What CC's executive editor recommends
Elizabeth Palmer's Christmas picks
What CC's books editor recommends
Daniel Richardson's Christmas picks
What CC's art director recommends
Jill Peláez Baumgaertner's Christmas picks
What CC's poetry editor recommends
Celeste Kennel-Shank's Christmas picks
What CC's news editor recommends
Departments
Adoration of the Magi, by Sandro Botticelli
The adoration of the Magi was one of the most popular subjects in 15th-century Florence because of the active membership of the Company of the Magi, a lay confraternity whose responsibilities included planning the Feast of the Magi....
Three things to know before starting a church
New churches and the people supporting them need to understand the commitment they're making.
A movie in your earbuds
The Truth podcast—with actors' voices, music, and sound effects—is a radio drama for today.
What Brexit is revealing
Intolerance won the vote, but St. Martin's witnesses to a different reality.
Holy work in a divided nation
Loving our enemies means arguing with each other about what matters most.
News
Construction of mosque gives Greek Muslims hope of greater religious parity
It’s time for evening prayers. Shah Malik heads to Masjid Usman, in an Athens neighborhood that is home to immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh....
Greek hospitality is put to a religious test
For Abdul, a 17-year-old refugee from Afghanistan, and others who arrived in Greece without their parents, this year was their first Ramadan away from their families....
Interfaith women’s group marches for an Israel-Palestine peace agreement
Of the 4,000 women gathered at the Qasr el Yahud baptism site in the Jordan River Valley, many wore white T-shirts emblazoned with the words “Women Wage Peace” in Hebrew, English, and Arabic....
Benedict Nivakoff and fellow Benedictine monks seek to rebuild Norcia after earthquake
When a 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck Norcia, Italy, Benedict Nivakoff and the other Benedictine monks who live there escaped injury....
Leonard Cohen remembered as a 'great liturgical writer'
Leonard Cohen, a Jewish singer, songwriter, poet, and novelist most widely known for his song “Hallelujah,” died November 7 at age 82.
Cohen, grandson of a Talmudic scholar, grew up in Montreal’s Jewish community....
Nat Dixon, pastor and jazz musician, releases new album
Before Nat Dixon preaches, he picks up his tenor saxophone and riffs a bit....
Religious groups rally around issues after election; new Jewish-Muslim partnership forms
On the day after the election, Mervat Aqqad’s seven-year-old son woke up and asked who got elected president.
When Aqqad broke the news to Ibrahim his first question was, “Do we have to move now?”...
Hundreds of clergy gather in North Dakota to support indigenous people blocking pipeline
When John Floberg, an Episcopal priest on the Standing Rock reservation, called for clergy to join him in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, to show support for the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, he thought 100 might come....
Lectionary
January 6, Epiphany of the Lord: Matthew 2:1–12
If people can approach the faith without thinking they already know what it is, they might hear the good news for themselves.
January 1, First Sunday after Christmas Day: Matthew 2:13-23
What troubles me about the holy family's flight to Egypt is that God, in Jesus, runs away.
December 25, Christmas Day: John 1:1-14
We don't need to explain logos theology; we need to bear witness to Jesus coming into our world.
December 24, Christmas Eve: Luke 2:1-20
Our busyness at Christmas hides God's busyness for us—but Luke's Gospel reveals it.