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Has the desert of quarantine already taught us all it can?
Those of us privileged enough to stay at home have to go back to work eventually. Will we go back to our former distraction?
Ahmaud Arbery’s lynching begs America to respond
What would it take to stop seeing neighbors as intruders and threats?
What are we really doing when all we can do is pray—or not even?
It may be Easter, but lament comes more readily than alleluia.
May 31, Pentecost (John 20:19–23)
“Receive the Holy Spirit” isn’t an invitation. It’s a command.
A New Monastic community in a time of social distancing
The idea of this place is incarnation. When someone here gets sick, so does everyone else.
I go to thrift stores for the books
I almost always find something good that I didn’t know I needed.
Toward a more generous way of thinking about dementia
Two very different books provide guidance for family, caregivers, and clergy.
On the spirituality of quarantine
How can we be “witnesses to the ends of the earth” right now? I have found some help from St. Benedict and St. Gregory.
How can they still worship? (Easter 5A, Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16; 1 Peter 2:2-10)
I think the women at the prison where I preach know what the psalmist knew.
The world High Maintenance shows us through the Guy’s eyes
The weed dealer character serves as the connective tissue between the lives of New Yorkers who might not meet.
The weird beauty of Kay Ryan’s prose
The former poet laureate’s quirky faith is a spirituality for prankish oddballs.
Episode 79: Apollo 13
Matt and Adam welcome Eric Barretto to talk about space shuttles, quarantine, and making it work.
A Kierkegaardian biography of Kierkegaard
Clare Carlisle helps readers struggle with what it means to be human in the world.
How can we make our political polarization less destructive?
Ezra Klein suggests structural changes. Darrell West suggests talking to each other.
Books worth wrestling with
We asked writers to tell us about a book that they disagree with—but that they also see as important enough to argue with.
Grab a book. It’s good for your health.
That’s one good thing about sheltering in place.
Margaret Renkl’s stunning ability to see
It is hard to say what will enamor readers more, the bird calls or the familial ones.