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A conversation with David Brooks about sin and beauty
“We live differently than we say we live. There’s moral judgment all around.”
A rabbi’s memoir of making a family
Anyone with a complicated life and family—all of us—will find a home in Susan Silverman’s story.
My prayer on MLK Day: Forgive us the sin of patience
There’s a time for reconciliation, for prayers for unity and healing. This is not such an hour.
How King’s political vision became politically irrelevant
Niebuhr’s political realism won, but it’s King’s radical politics that we need in this neoliberal, neofascist era.
February 12, Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
Deuteronomy 30:15–20; 1 Corinthians 3:1–9; Matthew 5:21–37
A church for disciples (John 1:29–42)
So often the call to discipleship slides into becoming a call to church membership.
The martyrs of Debre Libanos
Under Mussolini, Christian soldiers obeyed orders to target the Ethiopian church.
Whatever replaces Obamacare will face the same challenges
Sick people need coverage. Insurers need healthy customers, too. Everyone needs to be able to afford it.
All of us are beautiful
Our identities—gender and otherwise—are shaped by community and God.
The Buddha and the Pantocrator
Buddhist statues and Orthodox icons aren't always symmetrical. Neither are we.
Dylann Roof, the unrepentant
I despise the murderer of the Emanuel Nine, and all he stands for. But I can't embrace his death.
Food justice is about workers
"I paid for college by working at restaurants. That gave me a worm's eye view."
Thinking with trans
Rogers Brubaker considers transracial and transgender identities together.
Addicted to hating Trump
It's one thing to oppose harmful actions. It's another to need to be right.