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On forming clay and chipping marble
There’s something amazing about holding your own book in your hands. Like magic, all of those stories and thoughts have moved from fleeting, drifting notions in your mind into the stark reality of paper and ink.
Suffer the little children...
To the ghettoes
Warsaw, Vilne, Lodz, Lublin
Then little children were brought to Jesus
Sara, Rebecca, Leah, Rachel...
The history and myths that made Russia
How did Russia's longstanding sense of grievance morph into a civil religion?
The inexhaustible spiritual practice of rereading
In a course on contemplative prayer, I assigned just six books—and we read them each twice.
Joey Bada$$ among the theological rappers
This kid from Brooklyn is storming the gates of heaven.
God of the storm (Psalm 29)
Can our baptism compel us to help mitigate the world’s disasters?
Hurricane-damaged houses of worship can receive FEMA aid
The disaster relief agency cited the Supreme Court's Trinity Lutheran decision in changing its policy.
Sacred creation in the everyday
In my three-year-old son's bathtime play, the Spirit still hovers over the water.
The deficit doesn't matter
Thinking morally about the economy with Stephanie Kelton
The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives on the topics return and bridge.
The sparkle of James McBride's stories
Five-Carat Soul is filled with hilarious storytelling, unusual characters, and stark realities.
The king of the Jews and the kin-dom of God (Matthew 2:1-12)
In Matthew, Jesus’ identity as king is the major source of conflict.
Joy is for Epiphany, too
From the wise men to the wedding at Cana, joy comes from recognizing and affirming the good.
A Texas church's real talk about guns
What do our baptismal vows have to do with safety?
Paul wrote 1 Corinthians to a community in the middle of a culture war
The church at Corinth had many problems. Some simple kindness would have helped.
Is the label evangelical more about politics than religious beliefs?
A growing number of evangelicals say the term has become a marker of politics more than beliefs.
The Anastylosis Project, by Mary Griep
Mary Griep’s The Anastylosis Project presents detailed small-scale drawings of great buildings which somehow convey the wonder and significance of the buildings themselves....