Features
Sacred waters, melting ice
A study Bible for Anabaptism’s birthday
Reading into the gaps
Barbara Holmes taught us to see our cosmic ties
The new Bonhoeffer movie isn’t just bad. It’s dangerous.
There’s no such thing as a Bonhoeffer moment
A time to endure
Jesus is Lord. No political leader is.
Voices
Melissa Florer-Bixler
Church on the run
If I want kinship with my Anabaptist ancestors, I know where to look: in prison.
Phil Christman
Please, tell me what it says in the original Greek
Why are clergy so embarrassed to know things their job requires them to know?
Alejandra Oliva
My word for 2024 was monasticism
One highlight of the year was a busy week in a cabin with three friends and a dog.
Samuel Wells
Microdrama in Trafalgar Square
It happened in 20 seconds. I pondered it for days.
Stephanie Perdew
My protector was not on the ballot this fall
I look to the hills, not to a politician.
Julian DeShazier
After every election, I turn to Tolstoy
His challenges to the left and right alike are devastating and timely.
Books
The women who would be war heroes
Kristin Hannah’s novel is based on military nurses’ firsthand accounts of their experiences in Vietnam.
When climate is a tool of empire
David Livingstone explores the dubious history of overclaiming or distorting the role of climate.
Pages soaked in mystery
Rebecca McCarthy traces Norman Maclean’s poetic sensibilities from his University of Chicago classroom to A River Runs Through It.
Diplomatic evangelism
Emily Conroy-Krutz chronicles the complex relationship between Protestant missionaries and the US Foreign Service in the 19th century.
Did enslaved people write the New Testament?
Candida Moss argues that when early Christian texts were written, unpaid laborers were in the room where it happened.
More than eulogies
French rabbi Delphine Horvilleur reflects on 11 funerals to paint a vibrant picture of Jewish life.
Departments
Made to be broken
