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God cares nothing for our algorithms
Embracing the random can open us up to the agitations of the Holy Spirit.
The roots of Hebrew Roots
A small but growing movement of Christians believes fervently that Torah observance is for everyone.
The all-knowing cloud and the cloud of unknowing
Clouds evoke the sublime. What about the cloud that stores our data and mediates its flow?
A failure of compassion
Outdoor workers need a little water and shade every four hours. Is that too much to ask?
My son the PK said no to baptism
For now, anyway. After our discernment together, I consider this a success.
Where are the children in liberation theologies?
Child advocate R. L. Stollar seeks to help people read the Bible in ways that protect and honor children.
A deeper legacy than hard work
The psalms of ascent press hard against the norms of our bootstrap culture.
Overshadowed by the Twelve
Holly Carey turns up the brightness on the most faithful disciples in the gospels: the women.
Overshadowed by the Twelve
Holly Carey turns up the brightness on the most faithful disciples in the gospels: the women.
Overshadowed by the Twelve
Holly Carey turns up the brightness on the most faithful disciples in the gospels: the women.
Holy attachments
During the pandemic, I went six months without touching another human being. I felt starved.
Praying in community is often more powerful than praying “in secret.”
February 14, Ash Wednesday (Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21)
How did my friend feel making a cross on my forehead, not knowing how long I’d be alive?
February 11, Transfiguration B (Mark 9:2–9)
What Peter, James, and John see on the mountain cannot be neatly packaged for resale.
Do they later say to their friends, “How could we not have known?”
January 6, Epiphany (Matthew 2:1–12)
In welcoming the Magi into her home, Mary opens the door to the whole world.
A rich woman who took the Magnificat seriously
Vida Dutton Scudder, an early 20th-century radical, points Christians to solidarity and martyrdom.
The eerie call of John the Baptist
His followers realized there was no quick exit from the discomfort of his words.