Peter W. Marty
Good habits shape good ministers
Even the most mechanical routines can transform our inner lives.
Our microbes are Legion
My friend Angie’s life is crippled by compulsive acts of decontamination.
All of us are beautiful
Our identities—gender and otherwise—are shaped by community and God.
Christian conviction in the age of Trump
Practice the beatitudes. Speak truth to power. Do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God.
Addiction teaches us the truth about lies
Small deceptions work like a narcotic, making us feel nicely respectable. Especially in church.
Make today great again
Instead of glorifying the past, what if we treated the present as precious?
What Glenn Ford deserved
He was exonerated—but the state refused to pay him for his 30 years on death row.
Read. Share. Support the Century.
What to do with that stack of old Bibles (or that stack of old issues of the Century)?
Need thy neighbor
As I drive past boarded-up churches, I am more convinced than ever that many congregations could afford to revisit their neighbor ethic.
Winning an empty game
The cross is anything but a success story. Failure and disappointment are at the heart of Christianity.
Pastoral sabotage
Those of us who sought to change the congregation's communion practice met with indifference. So late one Saturday I took matters into my own hands.
Real people’s mistakes
My friend the public defense attorney doesn't teach her clients to evade error. She helps them acknowledge it—and stop pretending.
The true eccentric
An eccentric existence is one where God forms the center of life, becoming the axle of our self-understanding.