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Gregory Ellison II, Michelle Alexander, and Matthew Desmond share a red vinyl booth
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Mother's Day picks
Looking for a gift for a mother in your life? Here are some possibilities.
The poor we will always have with us?
Jesus isn’t pitting himself against poor people. He’s one of them.
Russia’s top court bans Jehovah’s Witnesses
Russia’s Supreme Court formally banned Jehovah’s Witnesses as an extremist organization and ordered the state to seize its property in Russia, according to Russian news media....
Ida B. Wells, James Baldwin, and Octavia Butler imagine a new future
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Laughing at what’s not funny
Like Jason Micheli, I have incurable cancer. His book helped me find humor in it.
Scholars re-create the sounds of worship at an ancient Greek church
The sound reverberates through the space, immersing hundreds of spellbound listeners. Eyes fall closed, heads bow in prayer, and fidgety limbs come to rest....
Church of England sees its cathedrals at risk
England’s cathedrals are often described as the crown jewels of the nation’s architectural heritage, yet their future is in doubt following a series of financial crises....
Airstrikes won’t solve the crisis in Syria
American military action hasn’t helped in the Middle East before. Why would it now?
Dorothy Sayers, Charles Williams, and W. H. Auden discuss their unconventional love lives
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Emily Dickinson and Søren Kierkegaard joke about considering the lilies
Who I'd invite to my writers' dinner party
Tomboys, trans folks, and the Times
Gender transitions can be lifesaving. But they're not the right path for everyone.
Hermitage sees surge in laypeople who want a monastic experience
When Paula Huston first met the monks of the New Camaldoli Hermitage, a Benedictine monastic community perched on cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, she was in her late thirties and considered h...
In rural Canada, churches connect by welcoming Syrian refugees
Ken Yakielashek, a Roman Catholic semiretired farmer in the Canadian Prairies, remembers when Christians of varying denominations “wouldn’t talk to one another.”...
Leading from the midst of the gathered people
The image of leadership often lifted up is the strong figure at the front of the pack, with an answer for every question.
