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Perfection really is overrated
It is the ultimate in human foolishness when we think we need to be perfect in order to earn God’s love or anyone else’s.
The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives on the topics storm and door.
Alternative facts in Bonhoeffer’s Germany
Bonhoeffer is speaking to his social context, which is shaped by Nazi propaganda. But what he interrogates in Of Folly parallels our current discourse labeled as post-truth or alternative facts.
The roots and branches of the sanctuary movement
“We weren’t trying to break the law. We were offering humanitarian assistance.”
The crisis we ignore
What would it take for us to stop denying climate change—and to find reasons for hope?
When God is silent
Silence is both a historical film and a timeless commentary on power and persecution.
Apples for the refugee camp
In Greece, I saw people offer what little they had to share: child care, use of their showers, food.
Hammer my heart
A hazard of being a pastor is that you can speak and write endlessly about God and rarely open yourself to be encountered by God.
Conversations with the other pope
Benedict XVI’s book is both unusual and important. Mostly because it never should have been written.
Good habits shape good ministers
Even the most mechanical routines can transform our inner lives.