Our top articles of 2023, plus brand new content.
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** Looking back and ahead
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Growing up, I was deeply ambivalent about new year celebrations. It was fun to stay up and count down to midnight, but there was something slightly troubling about it. Did the simple passage of time, of our planet around its sun, mean anything for our hope, progress, or wellness? I was drawn to emo songs about this question, like Death Cab for Cutie’s tune ([link removed]) that begins, “So this is the new year, and I don't feel any different. The clanking of crystal, explosions off in the distance . . .”
I now see that, as with many things, the changing of the year is what we make of it. It’s a natural opportunity to look back on and learn from the recent past and to plan and dream for the chapter to come. It’s also a great time for Top 10 lists!! Or in our case, a Top 23 for 2023 list—the 23 most popular articles on our website ([link removed]) this past year. I love so many of the pieces on this list, and I hope you do too.
Plus some brand new content. Scroll down for an interview with Fleming Rutledge about the importance of Epiphany ([link removed]) , a Yolanda Pierce essay about laughing until we cry ([link removed]) , and much more..
Email me: What are you looking forward to in 2024?
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The most popular online articles this past year.
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** The glory of Epiphany ([link removed])
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“The themes of the season of Epiphany can be a strong antidote to a weak Christology. The mainline churches have drifted toward a tendency to neglect the apostolic message about the identity and destiny of the Messiah.”
Timothy Jones interviews Fleming Rutledge
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** The grace of deep-bellied laughter ([link removed])
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“We need to laugh until we cry on a regular basis. We need to experience the fullness of God’s grace, with great laughter and mirth.”
by Yolanda Pierce
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** In the Lectionary for January 7 (Baptism B) ([link removed])
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As if he were working on an assembly line, John dips and raises, dips and raises.
by JoAnn A. Post
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** A blessedly particular theology of evil ([link removed])
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“John Swinton bravely tells us what he thinks without hiding behind academic jargon.”
Jason Byassee reviews Deliver Us from Evil
** The absurdity of originalism ([link removed])
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““The court ruled that a gun law is unconstitutional unless similar laws existed in the era of the Constitution’s framing. There were no bans on gun possession by domestic abusers in 1791. Domestic abuse was not part of the cultural consciousness, and women were considered property.””
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