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Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a pluralistic society.

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Poetry

Prayer from a motel lobby in Topeka

by Sally Witt, CSJ

June 21, 2021

Except, inexplicably, the last

by Stephen Kampa

June 18, 2021

Prayer for the city

by Dianne Turgeon Richardson

June 17, 2021

Vatican II periti: An acrostic

by Maryanne Hannan

June 14, 2021

Conservation cemetery

by Marda Messick

June 11, 2021

Spit and dust

by Charles R. Strietelmeier

June 9, 2021

Songs of comfort

by Karen An-Hwei Lee

June 7, 2021

Walking the labyrinth

by Katherine J. Williams

June 4, 2021

Clay into birds

by Jeff Gundy

June 2, 2021

Cargo

by Yehiel E. Poupko

June 1, 2021

In praise of small living

by Karen An-Hwei Lee

May 28, 2021

Dulcedine

by James Owens

May 26, 2021

Prayer as weather moves in

by Steven Peterson

May 24, 2021

In quarantine, listening to the news

by Katherine J. Williams

May 20, 2021

Thy necessity

by Paul Willis

May 19, 2021

The food they stored

by Craig Mindrum

May 13, 2021

Abel

by Scott Dalgarno

May 11, 2021

Relocation learning curves

by Marjorie Maddox

May 5, 2021

Heirloom

by Rebecca Bratten Weiss

April 29, 2021

Marram grass:
Indiana Dunes National Park

by Julie L. Moore

April 21, 2021

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