incarnation
The grace of apocalyptic imagination
As the depth of the climate crisis is revealed, our despair grows. But God hovers at the edge of doom.
Microbes in the manger
God is humbly present in every living creature. Maybe closer than we’ve imagined.
Sheer vulnerability
The nakedness of the incarnation reframes what it means to be strong.
What does it mean to be an inclusive church?
Being a community means welcoming those with diverse views, not cocooning oneself with like-minded people.
No longer Black or White?
Perhaps the neither/nor of Galatians 3 isn’t really about moving beyond specific identities.
The Word became relationship
Christianity is, finally, a story in which communication prevails over violence.
by Samuel Wells
Creation and new creation
A collection of essays invites artists and
theologians into conversation.
On the path to holiness with Dostoevsky
Paul Contino offers a hope-filled reading of The Brothers Karamazov.
If God is almighty, why do we suffer?
A nine-year-old at my church wants to know.
Reckoning with our messiah complexes
The vulnerability of the newborn Christ challenges our inclination to play God.
’Tis the season for royal Christmas movies
What exactly is it about the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ that says “tiara romance”?
Created out of nothing means created out of love
To say creation is ex nihilo is to say that divine love is the only power at work in the creation of everything.
“Why didn’t Jesus come as a woman?” asked my daughter
I didn’t know how to answer, but I do know that the gendering of God has real-world consequences.
by Debie Thomas
Rowan Williams sees creation through the human, divine Christ
The incarnation doesn’t require a miracle; it reveals one that’s already there.
by S. Mark Heim
Convicted for taking water to thirsty people
The No More Deaths volunteers were imitating the logic of the incarnation.
The relics in Jerusalem didn’t move me. Why?
For some reason, I couldn’t find the holy in the holy rocks everyone else was venerating.
by Amy Frykholm
In praise of gravity
My understanding of God has become a welcome object of gravity, as it moved from heady abstractions to my gut.
The incarnation and the challenge of transhumanism
If we become godlike, what god will we be like?
by Ian Curran
Paradox at the heart of poetry
The Still Pilgrim—seemingly Angela Alaimo O'Donnell's alter ego—reflects joy and longing.