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How the apostles select Matthias (Easter 7B) (Acts 1:15-17, 21-26)
It’s an interesting contrast with the ways leadership and oversight have been handled since.
The White Rose movement in graphic novel form
Andrea Ciponte has found an ideal genre for telling the Scholl siblings’ story.
Why do we prize ownership?
Our possessive instinct goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden.
A book on climate change that’s neither preachy nor hopeless
Raised on a farm, scientist Hope Jahren offers clear, concise, and credible explanations.
Is Our Town everybody’s town?
The play’s universal themes rest on a Christian eschatological vision.
Leila Chatti writes intensely physical poems about faith, illness, and sex
The poetic vision of Deluge reconciles Muslim and Christian themes.
Virginia Mollenkott’s Women, Men, and the Bible shaped my life
The lesbian evangelical scholar bravely shared her view of God—in love.
June 6, Ordinary 10B (1 Samuel 8:4-20)
What happens when Samuel reads his people the fine print?
Eyes of the heart (Ascension) (Ephesians 1:15-23)
If we can be said to have them, we should at least want them to be opened.
The Death of Vivek Oji shows us what we are afraid of
Akwaeke Emezi’s stunning novel will leave you broken. It will also let the air back into your lungs.
David Tracy and the absolute infinite
Essays spanning four decades offer a fitting entree into the work of a distinguished scholar.
The Martin Buber book I carried around while my marriage failed
Tales of the Hasidim was an unlikely companion.
Liz Tichenor’s life in the wake of her infant’s death
We are called to accompany the bodies we love from birth to death and beyond.
Episode 6: Heart work | A conversation with Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows
"Understanding how racism really, really works, and seeing it as not just a social justice issue but a theological imperative, means that we have to talk about it and work on it all the time.”
As the world reopens post-pandemic, how will we find our way in it?
In Teresa of Avila, I’ve found a guide on this new path.
The (toxic) masculinity of Martin Luther
Some readers will find Lyndal Roper’s new book unsettling. That might be a good thing.
Shane McCrae reimagines the life of a wounded angel
Poetry that continues the rich literary tradition of angels and offers a new, illuminating perspective
May 30, Trinity B (Isaiah 6:1-8; Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17)
When words fail, the church sings—especially on Trinity Sunday.