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** What’s at stake in the Supreme Court?
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Thank you to the many readers who emailed me last week. This group has a lot of passionate opinions about the overlap (or desired lack thereof) between religion and politics. I just returned from vacation, so I look forward to reading all your replies soon.
But we will linger at this intersection again this week, as it continues to be the site for several turning points the US faces as a nation. A group of Christians is currently working hard to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges—in other words, to eliminate the nationwide constitutional right to same-sex marriage. The Century’s editors, also Christians, write in opposition to this effort as we call for progress, not regress ([link removed]) . I am proud to be part of writing and publishing this editorial.
For those who long for something a little lighter or less US-politics-related, we have some great content for you too. Scroll down for Sam Wells’s reflection on the nuances of hospitality and inclusion in Acts 10 ([link removed]) . Or check out Amy Frykholm’s delightful and informative essay about the missing head of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa ([link removed]) —and what it has to do with the US today. Our video of the week features Danielle Tumminio Hansen, who chats with me about why AI chatbots are not cut out to be spiritual chaplains ([link removed]) . Plus even more below.
Jon Mathieu
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(Lunchtime chats temporarily disabled during travel season!)
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** Christian progress, Christian regress ([link removed])
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“And so this nation’s and this magazine’s history seems to repeat a cycle. As in the days of the fundamentalist-modernist controversy, there are strains of Christianity that opt for progress and others that choose regress.”
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** Guestability ([link removed])
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“In Jesus, the distinction between guest and host becomes hopelessly and gloriously confused.”
by Samuel Wells
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** VIDEO: When AI chatbots try to be chaplains ([link removed])
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Danielle Tumminio Hansen, a chaplaincy professor, chats with Jon about the unfortunate results when AI chatbots serve as spiritual chaplains.
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** In the Lectionary for September 14 (Ordinary 24C) ([link removed])
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Hope where all appears hopeless: that’s where God is.
by Gary Percesepe
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** The missing head of Pancho Villa ([link removed])
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“The missing head of Pancho Villa has a lot to say about the Mexican-American border, the secrets of American empire, and the Trump era.”
by Amy Frykholm
** Dark fantasy novels that scream theology ([link removed])
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“Into all this darkness come the real rituals of the church—queered, made literal, but still powerful enough to enact change.”
by Alejandra Oliva
** Fickle ([link removed])
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“In case you want to know,
the Greek word is metanoia.
Theologians call it ‘conversion’…”
poem by Bonnie Thurston
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