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Annie Dillard’s unrestrained hallelujah
The visionary writer showed us that paying attention could make us certain that the world is holy.
Lonely conspiracists
Noelle Cook opens a window into the lives of two insurrectionists, Yvonne and Tammy, as they navigate the world after January 6.
From shame to gift
Humans have a special talent for screwing things up. I think acknowledging this offers liberation.
Masks hide us—and shape us
When extremists don disguises and terrorize others, they also do grave moral damage to themselves.
Assistance in dying, Berrigan’s witness, and more reader feedback
What we’ve heard from our readers
The price of AI’s techno-religious promises
The environment is not the only sacrifice we’re being asked to make. Workers, too, are being offered up.
An NGO’s complex ethics
Journalist Ross Halperin tells the story of two friends whose work in Honduras finds them bearing the high costs of discipleship.
September 20, Ordinary 25A (Matthew 20:1–16)
A day’s wage for a day’s work? There is no such thing in a farm family.
Global aid writ Lutheran
“We see hope in the small things,” says LWF World Service director Maria Immonen, “but also despair—because the solutions are right there, just out of our reach.”
The limits of our convictions (Romans 14:1-12)
Paul assures us that conviction does not equal authority.
A win for people power
A faith-based group successfully campaigned to get a major bank to divest from private detention centers. There is hope to be mined here.
The goosebumpy pleasure of Widow’s Bay
The Apple TV series knows the delights of small-town horror clichés. It also knows something about close communities and how they work.
Revisiting Everyday Apocalypse
“Art is integration,” says David Dark. “Empire is disintegration.”
Understanding polyamory
Alternatives to monogamous marriage are going mainstream. How will Christians respond?
In love with a fantasy
Amanda McCracken thought she’d been unlucky in love. Instead she’d been faithful to the idea of longing itself.