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When Islam and Christianity clash, and when they don't
Muslims and Christians can live peacefully together. I've seen it.
Reading the Bible with a sacramental sensibility
Hans Boersma sees scripture as more open to imaginative reading than our modern methods permit. The key is faith in Christ.
Reading the Bible with a sacramental sensibility
Hans Boersma sees scripture as more open to imaginative reading than our modern methods permit. The key is faith in Christ.
A Palestinian boy, an Israeli soldier, and my American sons
The stories we tell can do real damage. Or they can heal.
Reading the Joseph story after Charlottesville
Anyone who seeks to divide people is working against God. And refusing to say that is sin.
Reading the Joseph story after Charlottesville
Anyone who seeks to divide people is working against God. And refusing to say that is sin.
Let there be invisible light
The universe is filled with light that we cannot see.
Let there be invisible light
The universe is filled with light that we cannot see.
Let there be invisible light
The universe is filled with light that we cannot see.
Harvey Cox wants to save the market’s soul
If corporations are people, can they be redeemed?
How Kathryn Tanner’s theology bridges doctrine and social action
Lots of theologians want to challenge economic injustice. Not many draw their arguments from Anselm and Aquinas.
July 23, Ordinary 16A (Genesis 28:10–19a)
We have forgotten how to dream the land.
Sacrifice of Isaac, by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610)
It all starts with poetry.
It all starts with poetry.