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The relics in Jerusalem didn’t move me. Why?
For some reason, I couldn’t find the holy in the holy rocks everyone else was venerating.
Mary’s fear and desperation (Luke 1:39-55)
Is it hard to obey the angel's command, "Do not be afraid"?
January 13, Baptism C (Luke 3:15-17, 21-22; Acts 8:14-17)
About that baptism by fire
January 20, Epiphany 2C (1 Corinthians 12:1-11; John 2:1-11)
Miracles can be hard work.
January 27, Epiphany 3C (Luke 4:14-21)
How would Norman Rockwell have painted Jesus' homecoming to Nazareth?
Facing down ICE in North Carolina
When agents came for Samuel Oliver-Bruno, 27 of his church friends stood in their way.
A novel about centuries of Jewish-Christian relations
James Carroll tells a story of faith, reason, and freedom.
Why we wassail
Each winter, my family goes to our orchard to carry out an ancient tradition.
Tell us about yourself, John (Luke 3:7-18)
It's a great question to ask people. But not this person.
Faith groups in Tijuana rise to meet needs of migrant caravan
In addition to the thousands who arrived with the caravan, people deported from the U.S. have been living in Tijuana—sometimes on the streets.
The endurance of the Mayan people
Mayan culture and rituals have persisted since their days of ancient glory—but not without major upheavals.
Historic Los Angeles church, once an activist hub, seeks new life
César Chávez once preached at the church, which supported Chicano civil rights organizers. But the church wants to do more than preserve its past.
How I learned to love the “vengeful Old Testament God”
My class had struggled with the psalmists calling on God to kick in the teeth of their opponents. Then we got to the 94th Psalm.
Two vibrant Anglican congregations in Winnipeg
St. Margaret's and saint ben's take different approaches to mixing the ancient and the new.
Bridging the gulf between conservative Christian colleges and the arts
Does immersion in secular music and literature strengthen faith? Does it destroy it?
Martha C. Nussbaum wins $1 million Berggruen Prize
The Berggruen Institute called her “one of the world’s leading public philosophers.”
January 20, Epiphany 2C (1 Corinthians 12:1-11; John 2:1-11)
Miracles can be hard work.
When illness undoes us
Deanna Thompson's book about cancer takes us where we don't want to go but must.
The great drama of the trinitarian hymn “Holy, Holy, Holy”
The beloved song can contain God’s glory no more than the scripture it’s based on.