The white Christian nationalist scam
Journalists Katherine Stewart and Anne Nelson unveil the mechanisms behind the rise of a movement.
Messengers of hope
This Advent, the people who have spoken most clearly to me are women and people of color: Aisha Hinds, D. L. Mayfield, Eddie Glaude, and Liz Theoharis.
Precarious housing
In poor communities like the one where I live and work, evictions are not the exception. They’re the norm.
The long history of sexual baiting in America’s effort to extend civil rights
We cannot understand the current religious freedom debate apart from the highly sexualized backlash against America’s first two Reconstructions.
Better religion: Resident Aliens at 25
I understand Resident Aliens as a response to the sort of civil religion that makes people worse than they would be otherwise.
COMMENTARY: Moral Mondays: 'Democratic tool' or Great Awakening?
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Costly hospitality: Learning trust at Rutba House
Opening ourselves to others takes time. But love is a prisoner who stays up all night with a sharpened toothbrush, working away at a crack in the wall.
What’s in a promise? Living by covenant, not contract
Monastic vows sound familiar to anyone who's been to a wedding. In both marriage and celibacy, we promise to be faithful.
Economics for disciples: An alternative investment plan
When Jim Douglass graduated from college, his father sent him a life insurance policy. Jim thanked his father but returned the policy. He could not accept the gift, he said, because he wanted to understand the truth of an “economics of providence” that he had read about in Matthew 6. Rather than pay premiums on a life insurance policy, Jim said he would store up treasure in heaven by sending a monthly payment to provide basic care for a little girl in France. I’m convinced that Jim is right.