Features
An architecture of care in Calais
At the Maria Skobtsova House, refugees and volunteers work to counteract the cruel logic of the refugee crisis.
The Iowa poet-priest who mastered haiku
Raymond Roseliep quietly became one of the most highly regarded haiku poets in the English language.
Seeing abortion access as a blessing
“Abortion is not abstract,” says Katey Zeh, CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. “It happens within the context of a real person’s life.”
The Crown abdicates without a successor
My viewing experience recapitulated a running theme of the show: the question, Why are we doing this?
Antechapel and rest house
Outside St. Peter’s Basilica, a McDonald’s serves Christ’s poor.
Mary’s special child and mine
I probably shouldn’t treat my own son like he’s the Messiah. Imagine the pressure.
A rich woman who took the Magnificat seriously
Vida Dutton Scudder, an early 20th-century radical, points Christians to solidarity and martyrdom.
Are all Christians adopted?
Paul’s metaphor can be harmful to those of us who have experienced adoption—and the abandonment that is usually central to it.
Gifts you can read
When it comes to giving gifts, it’s hard to go wrong with words. Here are some of the wordy gifts the CC staff will be giving this Christmas.
The tree of God’s mysteries
The Jewish Kabbalah tradition offers a way of understanding God in the world—one that has profoundly influenced Christianity.
When stagnant waters become fresh
The dams on the Klamath River are coming down. Their removal reflects a very different theology than their construction.
Worshiping at the church of Taylor
The goodness of a Taylor Swift show points to our need for a deeper goodness.
Mushrooms at the table?
People have long tried to trace a connection between the early church’s eucharistic practice and psychedelic substances. Scholars aren’t convinced.
Neutrality or solidarity?
In Ukraine, faith-based humanitarian workers face a fundamental question about the nature of their work.
A poet converted by her own writing
Denise Levertov’s intuitive grasp of incarnation drove her politics, her poetry, and eventually her religious discernment.
My land acknowledgment
My family owns a residential plot in suburban Chicago. I decided to find out what used to be there.
God’s first worst enemy
Before Satan, there was the biblical sea monster Leviathan.
A theology of ghosts
My sister talks to our dead mother. I am happy they both stand in the presence of love.
Horror movie mom
When I watch a mother slay a monster and hustle her kids to safety, it never fails to satisfy.
The exploding sky
As a teenager in Hawaii, I watched a nearby test of a nuclear weapon. It was the most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen.