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The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives on the topics wilderness and storm.
Un-Domesticating Advent: Matthew 2:16-18
If we are to understand the delivering power of Jesus’ coming and presence on the earth, we must un-domesticate the Jesus story.
Why I stay: A prayer
Because my yearning comes from somewhere, and that somewhere must be you.
Religious Freedom Act also protects atheists
When President Obama signed a newly strengthened international religious freedom act, the intention was to protect religious believers around the world....
Why I worry about the pastors of politically divided churches
In our current political climate, the preacher struggles to say something both unifying and prophetic.
Stories from a glacier-shaped landscape
If you’re new to Rick Bass’s edgy, glorious, and often brutal settings, this collection is a perfect place to start.
Robots of the West
Westworld’s claim is that memory leads to consciousness, which leads to violence.
The virtues we need in a post-truth world
Telling the truth requires more than right thinking. It requires being a particular sort of person.
John Glenn, astronaut and Presbyterian elder, dies at age 95
John H. Glenn Jr., best known as the first American to orbit the earth, who was also a lifelong Presbyterian, died December 8 in Columbus, Ohio, at age 95....
Freed Iraqi Christians tell of life under the IS
When Christians fled the small town of Bartella in August 2014 as militants from the self-declared Islamic State swept toward them, 14-year-old Ibrahim Matti and his elderly mother stayed behind....
Good people and new names (Matthew 1:18–25)
Every child is from God. Joseph gets an explicit divine promise.
Inshallah
When one of the young Syrian women lit a memorial candle during worship, it represented a great deal of loss.
Read THE COW IS NOW said the child
The cow is now.
Lowing and chewing,
no mewing or bowing to spring
like that upon a rat.
The cow’s no cat....
Why existentialism still matters
Sartre, de Beauvoir, and Camus have something to say about living authentically.
First global study of religion and education shows progress, gaps
The first-ever global study of religion and education shows that Jews are more highly educated than any other religious group, while Hindus and Muslims are the least educated....