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A deeper legacy than hard work
The psalms of ascent press hard against the norms of our bootstrap culture.
What comes after clergy self-care?
I didn’t need more candles or journaling. I needed solidarity with others.
A Refugee’s Feast: the story of Maria Skobtsova with Amy Frykholm (S3:E8)
“Love is a very dangerous thing.”
Astrolabes, sundials, candles, and clocks
Gillian Adler and Paul Strohm explore the medieval preoccupation with time.
Ministry and other difficult jobs
Pastors face intense challenges—though not necessarily unique ones.
Why I came back to the lectionary
My job as a preacher isn’t to change the game. It’s to run the plays well.
Planned monument to Muslim British soldiers ignites wider political debate
A new monument will recognize the hundreds of thousands of Muslims who fought for Britain under the Commonwealth banner....
Can incarceration ever be just?
Philosopher Tommie Shelby pushes me to question my abolitionist convictions.
April 7, Easter 2B (John 20:19–31)
Thomas’s experience with the risen Christ is a testament to the possibilities Easter creates.
Bearing the scars
Years ago, at a barbecue in Argentina, I realized I was the only person present who wasn’t a survivor of torture.
Overshadowed by the Twelve
Holly Carey turns up the brightness on the most faithful disciples in the gospels: the women.
Murder of Baptist pastor in Myanmar brings new attention to ‘under-reported’ war
The fatal shooting of a Baptist pastor in Myanmar reflects an upsurge of civil war violence targeting Christians, Muslims, and other religious and ethnic minorities....
The wisdom of not knowing
The information age feels like an all-you-can-eat buffet. I’m stuffed.
Love and desolation: The story of Matushka Olga Michael with Meagan Saliashvili (S3:E7)
“Blessed Olga said, ‘God can create great beauty out of complete desolation.’”
In praise of church musicians
Great leaders of congregational song attend to the new community formed every time a church gathers.
Episode 38: Franciscan Sister Ilia Delio, author of The Not-Yet God
A conversation with Franciscan Sister Ilia Delio, author of The Not-Yet God, about creation, evolution, pantheism and panentheism, and more
New Catholic Spanish language record label seeks to catch up to Christian music industry
Taking a look at the Best Christian Album (Spanish Language) category at the Latin Grammys, and you might think the vast majority of Latino Christians in Latin America and the United States are eva...
Naps against capitalism
How can rest be a political act? Poet-theologian Tricia Hersey returns to this question often.
March 31, Easter 1B (Mark 16:1–8)
Resurrection flies in the face of everything we know to be true.