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Episode 66: Joker
Matt and Adam talk mental health, literary theory, superheros, and Todd Phillips’ Joker.
November 10, Ordinary 32C (Luke 20:27–38)
Resurrection is where God is—across generations, across circumstances.
Children’s books for tough conversations
We asked 11 writers to tell us about a book that opens up space for adults and children to discuss important questions.
Take & read: American religious history
New books that are shaping conversations about American religious history
Pastoral care that meets addiction at its source
Sonia Waters sees pain and trauma at the heart of this particular type of soul sickness.
“Self-interest seemed almost omnipotent”
Langdon Gilkey’s account of his imprisonment during WWII is a study in how humans act under pressure.
Ordinary people (2 Kings 5:1–3, 7–15c)
In 2 Kings 5, the VIP characters aren't the ones who make a difference.
Take & read: Global Christianity
New books that are shaping discussions about global Christianity
How Augustine responded to the problem of evil without solving it
When we make sense of suffering, we lose our ability to protest against it.
Back to Margaret Atwood’s Gilead
The Testaments returns to the world of The Handmaid’s Tale. Is this a good idea?
November 1, All Saints Day (Luke 6:20–31)
Jesus mourns a human existence unconcerned with the needs of the whole.
Candida Moss asks what bodily resurrection means
How early Christians thought about bodies and how we do
Greta Thunberg’s prophetic speech at the UN Climate Action Summit
The young activist’s words were designed to disturb us and make us see ourselves as we are.
When the chapel is the most open place on campus
Virginia Woolf’s ideal university had no chapel. Mine has more than one.