Features
Discovering sabbath in my mother’s hospice room
W. A. Visser ’t Hooft’s confrontation with nationalist idolatry among Christians
Googling my way out of a pastoral relationship
We should celebrate the “death day” of our baptism each year
Books
Rowan Williams sees creation through the human, divine Christ
The incarnation doesn’t require a miracle; it reveals one that’s already there.
Philip Kolin’s poems for the holy, violent earth
Yearning for the impossible, glimpsing the unimaginable
A black pastor writes to the white church about its complicity in oppression
Lenny Duncan’s letter is full of hope and fury, love and lament—like Paul’s epistles.
Thinking musically about God
One note fills the whole space. Then we add another—and a third.
Departments
The Celestial Ship of the North (Emergency Ark), aka the Barnboat, by Scott Hocking
What if classrooms were shaped by a restorative justice sensibility?
Can clergy earn back the public trust they’ve lost?
In Ireland, a Citizens’ Assembly helped shape public policy. Could it work here?
