Politics & Society
November 6, Ordinary 32C (Haggai 1:15b-2:9)
My church is located in the first municipality in the country with a public reparations fund.
Understanding our dependencies
Our cost of living is about far more than the price of essential goods.
Women after incarceration
Anthropologist Jorja Leap bears witness to the struggles of women reentering society through programs designed for men.
Epistles of hope for our time
Randal Jelks and Shaka Senghor both write with realism but not fatalism.
The Presbyterian missionary who became a revolutionary in Iran
“Howard Baskerville believed there was no separation of religion and politics,” says Reza Aslan, “that democracy was a divine gift.”
On Native land
Land acknowledgments can do a lot of good—if they’re rooted in solid process and relationships.
When the Four Horsemen ride again
Climate change will have religious consequences, especially in the Global South.
A liturgy in the borderlands
Alvaro Enciso plants crosses where migrants have died, to keep them from disappearing into oblivion.
We need ritual for our collective grief
Going through the motions together can move us toward healing.
Mary, Joseph, and a tea vendor named Sami
In Luke’s Advent story, Bethlehem’s economy is central—and it looks a lot like Bethlehem’s economy today.
The menacing turn in our politics
Too many powerful people in public positions today refuse to repudiate the language of threat.
The quiet rise of Christian dominionism
Jerry Falwell wanted to prepare America for the end of the world. Ted Cruz’s evangelical backers want to take America over.
Labor, land, and racism
Fifty years later, Wendell Berry revisits the themes he introduced in The Hidden Wound.
Where did the baby boomers go wrong?
Bill McKibben recalls his suburban childhood without a hint of nostalgia.
September 25, Ordinary 26C (Luke 16:19–31)
God keeps sending the message that there’s a better way.
Following the long shadow of America’s original sin
Theologian Alison Benders takes an online pilgrimage through our country’s racial history.
Earth’s self-care
The blue-and-green-marbled planet is trying her best to restore stability.
The right to life is an essential human right
Its relationship to abortion, however, is complicated.
