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The making of God
“I don’t believe in God as character,” says poet Pádraig Ó Tuama, “but I do believe in God as plot.”
Other Jewish voices
“When unqualified support for Israel is categorized as Jewish,” says historian Marjorie Feld, “it erases dissent and flattens Jewish life.”
The uniquely American story of Crownsville Hospital
Antonia Hylton digs into the history of a Maryland asylum that forced its Black patients to build their own facilities.
May 19, Pentecost (Acts 2:1–21)
Acts points us to a better communion, one that preserves and celebrates diversity.
A failure of compassion
Outdoor workers need a little water and shade every four hours. Is that too much to ask?
Divine testimony in our hearts (1 John 5:9-13)
According to 1 John, we have received more than mere mortal attestation.
Anthony Hecht’s poetic vision
W. H. Auden’s most distinguished heir wrote poems that bear witness to history with great depth of feeling.
Reflecting on our reflection
Many of us are unimpressed when we look in the mirror. But we bear a more important image.
Trending topics: Ecology without colonialism
Five new postcolonial perspectives on living faithfully through climate change
Kat Armas’s devotional does not exist for your personal growth
Instead, the Cuban-American writer aims to turn her readers’ gaze outward.
Speaking in two tongues
Growing up bilingual primed me to see the gifts offered at Babel and Pentecost.
Jesus in the clouds (Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:15-23)
Is there anything more embarrassing than believing in a three-story universe?
Religiously fluid
Like a lot of Christian millennials, I don’t need Christianity to be everything for me.