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When a culture’s immune system is compromised
Lyndsey Medford’s beautiful new book looks to interconnectedness amid the diseases of capitalism and injustice.
An old man dreaming dreams of psalms
Paul Simon isn’t religious, but the voice he heard in his sleep seems to be.
Strange sounds in deep water
In 1958, Frank Watlington was listening for Soviet submarines when he stumbled onto an alien world.
August 13, Ordinary 19A (Genesis 37:1–4, 12–28)
Is it possible to be completely and terribly wrong but not all bad?
Grain for the world
Russia’s actions are threatening millions of African people with starvation. The US can help.
Helping incarcerated men see their own worth
“My goal is to teach men to love themselves,” says Men’s Workshop founder James Enoch Banks, “so they can love others.”
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The unzoned city of God
Two new books help explain one of the main public policy drivers of the affordable housing crisis.
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter will be sentenced to death, jury finds
Nearly five years since he entered the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and methodically slaughtered 11 Jewish congregants, Robert Bowers will face the death penalty after a jury...
Faith leaders join call of peace treaty to end Korean War
On July 27, the 70th anniversary of the Armistice Agreement of the Korean War, known as the “Forgotten War,” hundreds of Korean peace advocates from across the country and South Korea gathered in W...
The faith leaders who helped preserve abortion access in Kansas
In the fight over an antiabortion amendment, Protestant pastors and Catholic sisters worked to show that there is more than one faith-based view.
America the biblical
In a breathtaking scholarly work, Mark Noll explores the doomed experiment of a republic built on an unwritten law of sola scriptura.
August 6, Ordinary 18A (Matthew 14:13–21)
There are no ideal conditions for a miracle.
Discerning the body
Bodies get sick. What becomes of a church body when we enact unity at the table while ignoring our brokenness?
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We still need books about biblical women’s liberation
Two new ones by Susan Hylen and Nijay Gupta offer correctives many churches have not yet internalized.
Preservation of church and planet
“The least green thing,” says Bob Jaeger of Partners for Sacred Places, “is to tear down and replace the building.”
Nonviolent crisis response in my city
I wish Durham’s HEART program had existed when my friend Joe was killed.
July 30, Ordinary 17A (Matthew 13:31–33, 44–52)
The kingdom of heaven inspires devotion, commitment, and downright unreasonableness.