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He was moving away, the stranger said, and he wanted to leave a box in my care.

As the rotating nativity spun, I kept watching Jesus.

Who keeps us safe? the crowd cried out. We keep us safe!

The psalter’s wisdom, illuminated from five perspectives

Jordan Kisner writes about seeing the world and the self.

Ed Cyzewski’s prepandemic takedown of the digital formation of Christians is still surprisingly useful.

As I lie awake, it seems right to join those who address God with different names than I use.

It may be Easter, but lament comes more readily than alleluia.

Denys Turner’s essays bridge the gaps that often frustrate us when we read medieval theology.

Since my son’s accident, everything I understand about hope has changed.

Toxic theology in the wake of mass violence

I feared it would last a week. Then came the moment of truth.

Prayer is ministry, and ministry is prayer.

After 60 years at Gethsemani Abbey, Paul Quenon wrote a memoir.

I wanted to introduce my students to Muslims, not just to Islam.

I’ve been trying to follow Thomas Keating’s advice: learn to be silent with God.

Luther said we can judge a tree by its fruit. He never said doing so would be easy.

It's not just disaffection with particular state churches. People's religious orientation itself is gone.

Of all the things I could have gone donkey nuts over, it was "quiet time" that pushed me over the edge.

Good Friday gives way to Easter. We live our lives on Holy Saturday.