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The Sons of Confederate Veterans want their due

They’re wrong.

by Pete Candler

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Lapse: Essays by readers

We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “Lapse.”

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In Advent and Christmas, desolation and consolation reside together

This time of year, our inner landscapes can seem as bleak as the outer ones.

by Debra Dean Murphy

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Living by the Word for December 24/25

Preachers who value their pulpit would be wise to avoid Isaiah 9 this Christmas Eve.

by Daniel Schultz
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Nativity archives

Living by the Word for Sunday, December 29

Matthew connects Jesus to the overarching narrative of the Jewish people—as well as to the smaller story of Matthew’s immediate community.

by Daniel Schultz
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Christmas 1A archives
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Queen and Slim challenges assumptions about race, justice, and what matters

Melinda Matsoukas’s film rolls terror and hope into one story.

by Kathryn Reklis

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Sunday Morning Matinee Episode 71: It’s a Wonderful Life

Matt Gaventa and Adam Hearlson talk sacrifice, small-town life, Christmas movies, and the Frank Capra classic It's a Wonderful Life.

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If Trump is impeached, it will be hard for Senate Republicans to vote to convict him

They need to do it anyway.

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A look at faith in film over the last decade

At a time of rapid secularization, filmmakers seem intrigued—if sometimes also repelled—by religion.

by Philip Jenkins

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