Our problem isn’t just loneliness—it’s species loneliness

How human isolation from the rest of the world keeps us from thriving.

by Tricia Gates Brown

The dirty work of ministry

What two drastically different messages from parishioners taught me

Making a habit out of Epiphany

Epiphanies flare up and fade. How can we keep them in our everyday vision?

by Stephanie Paulsell

Adopted and loved

One of the greatest mysteries of faith is that God loves us as is.

How the security culture has burdened women

Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz shows how the post-9/11 US has intensified control of women’s bodies.

Living by the Word for February 2, Epiphany 4A

Matthew’s Beatitudes are meant to give comfort, not to challenge.

Kindness, kinship, and the boundaries of justice

The virtue of kindness depends on who we see as kin.

by Amy Peterson

Examining whiteness through “reparative writing”

Jess Row asks what happens when alienation turns to rage.

by Amy Frykholm 

How universal is the Force?

The Rise of Skywalker reduces a powerful theological symbol to a family drama.

by Kathryn Reklis