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I walked across Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge and saw a synagogue
Visiting Temple Mishkan Israel
Knowing which verses to listen to (Proverbs 22:1–2, 8–9, 22–23)
Reading Proverbs 22 without risking a change of heart
The first question about the war in Afghanistan is why we were even there
There was never a good way to leave—or stay.
An epidemic of moral injury
Christians have an opportunity to transform a faith that has fueled genocide, slavery, war, and kleptocracy.
Jesus the poet
We are invited to bring the rich resources of our senses and imaginations into the realm of faith.
Do millennials bring something new to leadership?
Three authors, one Jewish, one Muslim, and one Christian, place their hope firmly in a new generation—again.
Beauty from ugliness on the US-Mexico border
Presbyterian border ministry in Douglas, Arizona, and Agua Prieta, Sonora
September 26, Ordinary 26B (James 5:13–20)
I regularly pray for things that are unlikely to come about quickly, if at all.
My pandemic obsession with workplace comedies
Mythic Quest and Call My Agent have me feeling nostalgic for annoying colleagues and pointless meetings.
Arise and come away (Song of Solomon 2:8-13)
We are human beings, wired for sensual interaction.
What if forgiveness were unthinkable?
Paul Kahn’s memoir of his family is a cautionary mirror for our cultural moment.
Judaism scholar Susannah Heschel on her father’s legacy
“How does a political gesture become a moment of prayer?”
Paying the child tax credit forward
It’s a terrific policy for fighting child poverty. But my family doesn’t need the money.
Author Walter Wangerin’s many lives and words
Those of us who worked with him sometimes suspected he had cloned himself.
A male scholar looks at the Bible’s women
According to James McGrath, unless Jesus was able to learn from others, he wasn’t truly human.
Episode 9: The privilege of contemplation | A conversation with Anthea Butler
"The word ‘contemplative’ at this moment is a word that says ‘privilege.’ It means that you have time, and most people don’t have time.”
US climate action at last?
Congress may finally be poised to do something, though not enough.
September 19, Ordinary 25B (Proverbs 31:10–31)
Does a good woman give and give and give without thought to her own well-being?
Study: Gen Z doubles down on combining tarot and traditional faith
A new survey released by Springtide Research Institute confirms what metaphysical store owners and veteran tarot readers have known since the term Gen Z was invented: younger Americans, known for f...