How local governments punish poor people with fines

When a parking ticket spirals into homelessness

by Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil

A barbershop births a church of drug users, ex-cons, and homeless folks

Others have given up on them, but not God.

by Jason Byassee

The precarious position of evangelical women celebrities in the church

“These women are a puzzle hidden in plain sight.”

Amy Frykholm interviews Kate Bowler

Books we’re giving

A sneak peek at the CC staff’s Christmas gift list

Big mistakes

Nobody sits around wondering what their life's besetting sin is going to be. Maybe we should.

by Martha-Lynn Corner 

Living by the Word for Advent, December 1

It’s troubling to imagine the Son of man arriving with criminal intent.

by Matthew Johnson

Trump’s new refugee limits are senseless and destructive

We already have the infrastructure to resettle far more refugees than the administration is letting in.

Politics, parenting, and other secular things we put our faith in

We’re religious about lots of things, says David Zahl. Just not God.

by Jason Micheli

The impossible, essential task of writing poetry after Auschwitz

Bearing witness, challenging God, voicing lament

by Jill Peláez Baumgaertner

Standing in the remains of the death camps in Poland

I was outraged. I wanted to burn it all down. I wanted to pray.

by Jane Charney