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Jesus reframes the question (Matthew 22:15-22; 29A)
The Herodians' topic of choice could have been plucked from the moderator's cue cards in a presidential debate.
Danusha Laméris’s new book is filled with small kindnesses
A luminous poetry collection marked by joy and sorrow, humor and truth.
Eddie Glaude revisits James Baldwin’s America
Begin Again’s call to repentance is, like Baldwin’s own language, substantially Christian.
Islamic loyalty is declining in Iran
What’s replacing it?
November 8, 32A (Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25; Psalm 78:1-7)
Is our story of struggle also one of faith, hope, and love?
Yaa Gyasi’s beautiful novel embraces faith that changes and grows
Transcendent Kingdom explores an immigrant neuroscientist’s complicated relationship with evangelical Christianity.
Books for pandemic reading
Nine writers tell us about a book they’ve read recently that’s helped them reframe what it means to be a person of faith and a reader right now.
Do you want to be here? (Matthew 22:1-14; Philippians 4:1-9; 28A)
The king doesn't want just anyone at the wedding banquet.
Take & Read: American religious history
Four new books that explore Black Americans’ religious witness
Lyz Lenz’s midrash on pregnancy and motherhood
Lenz blends storytelling and critique to explore the role of myths in defining women’s bodies.
Why I’m not participating in this weekend’s Faith and Blue event for churches and police
The problem isn’t police-community relations. It’s our acceptance of a broken system.
The surprising freedom of being a guest preacher
I might or might not be invited back. Either way, there’s no lasting harm.
Willie Jennings’s plea to create a new kind of theologian
After Whiteness is urgent reading for any institution that purports to care about God and race.
Marilynne Robinson’s new Gilead novel makes Jack Boughton make sense
Everything in Jack is a marvel.
Episode 82: Enola Holmes
Matt and Adam talk about the new Netflix movie Enola Holmes
Police shouldn’t be the first responders for mental health crises
When they are, the result can be deadly.
November 1, All Saints A (Matthew 5:1-12)
Eight upside-down blessings for a pandemic world