Woundedness is the predictable price we pay for being sent on outrageous assignments by Jesus.

View this email in your browser ([link removed])
[link removed]


** The dangers of providing pastoral care ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------

Woundedness is the predictable price we pay for being sent on outrageous assignments by Jesus.

Will Willimon and Stanley Hauerwas in conversation


** Voter suppression is lethal to democracy ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------

We can’t let the filibuster keep us from doing something about it.

from the Editors


** On her deathbed, St. Clare of Assisi blessed God ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------

Her radical final words confounded me for years.

by Wendy Murray
[link removed] [link removed] [link removed] [link removed]


** Living by the Word for August 1 (Ordinary 18B) ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------

“Trust me!” Jesus says, and the more he says it, the less the crowd is inclined to go along.

by Daniel Schultz

Ordinary 18B archives ([link removed])
Get even more lectionary resources with Sunday’s Coming Premium, an email newsletter from the editors of the Christian Century. Learn more ([link removed]) .
[link removed] [link removed] [link removed] [link removed]


** God at the center ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------

A priority is singular. It’s hard to have more than one.

by Peter W. Marty


** In Mediterranean Europe, St. Benedict the Moor is back ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------

The Afropean saint is reemerging amid a swelling African diaspora.

by Philip Jenkins

============================================================
** Facebook ([link removed])
** Twitter ([link removed])
** Website ([link removed])
** RSS ([link removed])
Copyright © 2021 The Christian Century, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you signed up to receive emails from the Christian Century or opted in when subscribing to the magazine.

Our mailing address is:
The Christian Century
104 S. Michigan Ave.
Suite 1100
Chicago, Il 60603
USA
Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can also ** update your list preferences ([link removed])
or ** unsubscribe from all Christian Century emails ([link removed])
Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp
[link removed]