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God’s underwater language
As a marine biologist, I ask how—and dance at the edge of asking why.
Paul’s lost letters
We’ll never know what he wrote to the churches at Jerusalem or Caesarea Maritima.
Burnout and resilience in the wilderness
Many rural pastors like me are finding Jesus in the desert places.
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The women of midcentury moral philosophy
Two new books explore the intertwined scholarship and friendship of Philippa Foot, Elizabeth Anscombe, Iris Murdoch, and Mary Midgley.
SNAP under siege
Federal debt default has been averted. The price is more restrictions on a critical program that feeds hungry Americans.
The strangers who saved my life
When you receive an emergency transfusion, you don’t get to choose who the blood comes from.
June 11, Ordinary 10A (Matthew 9:9–13, 18–26)
Sitting and talking with a boy from Ethiopia, I received a radical dinner invitation.
Creation in context (Psalm 8)
In Psalm 8, humankind is crowned in glory and honor, loved and valued.
Welfare for the wealthy
Half of all business meal expenses are tax deductible. This puts SNAP cuts in helpful perspective.
Rival Orthodoxies in Ukraine
The war is revealing divisions among Christians in the region—and deepening them.
A tech-savvy Christian sexual ethic
Kate Ott challenges us to practice erotically attuned love everywhere, even online.
Tom Stoppard gets personal
Leopoldstadt grapples with the 86-year-old playwright’s Jewish roots and his fear about the direction of our society.
Hungary’s progressive Christian resistance
Viktor Orbán has tried to buy the loyalty of the churches, but not everyone is selling.
June 4, Trinity A (Genesis 1:1–2:4a; Psalm 8)
Trusting in God’s transcendence means acknowledging God’s otherness.
Leadership challenges (Numbers 11:24-30)
For Moses, besting old No-Name Pharaoh and His Eager Egyptians isn’t even the hardest part.