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May 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM

An affordable resource for preaching help

An affordable resource for preaching help Weekly lectionary content from the Christian Century. Sunday’s Coming Premium: Just $4.95 per month from the editors of the Christian Century A boost to help with excellent preaching Every issue of Su…
  Peter W. Marty, The Christian Century · [email protected]
May 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM

One more chance to support our work

One more chance to support our work View this email in your browser Expressing my gratitude   When it comes to online giving, the only thing more satisfying to us than receiving a gift from you would be to have the opportunity to thank…
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May 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Looking to history for answers

Looking to history for answers New CC content on Roman emperors, Julian of Norwich, Nicene myths, and more. View this email in your browser Always connected to the past One of the troubling aspects of this moment in the US is that things…
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May 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM

The church has a DEI problem

The church has a DEI problem Church culture, evangelical fantasies, feminism, and more in the Century. VIEW IN BROWSER   Print + Digital or Digital-Only Subscribe now for just $9.95 for one year (12 issues)   …
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May 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM

Read. Learn. Change the World.

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May 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM

Living inside a Bible story

Living inside a Bible story New CC content on resurrection, Pentecost, violence, and colonialism. View this email in your browser Resurrection and colonialism The Bible, and human history, and each of our own journeys, are such mixed bag…
  Peter W. Marty, The Christian Century · [email protected]
May 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM

A pivotal moment for journalism

A pivotal moment for journalism View this email in your browser A pivotal moment for journalism   You don’t have to be media-savvy to know how much the landscape of journalism is changing these years. As a matter of fact, you can’t mis…
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April 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Mary Magdalene, Amish country, and LGBTQ solidarity

Mary Magdalene, Amish country, and LGBTQ solidarity New CC content on feminism, religious abuse, an album drop, and more. View this email in your browser There’s a lot happening right now I hope you are grounded and experiencing some hop…
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April 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Introducing a new free weekly poetry resource!

Introducing a new free weekly poetry resource! Here’s a sample of Poem for the Week. In every issue of the Christian Century you will find new thoughtfully and artfully crafted poems. These are accepted, curated, and edited by our brilliant poe…
  Peter W. Marty, The Christian Century · [email protected]
April 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM

The right words in tough times

The right words in tough times View this email in your browser The right words in tough times   Not a week, and sometimes not a day, goes by without someone writing to me hoping that The Christian Century will have “just the right thin…
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April 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM

The stories that are shaping our lives

The stories that are shaping our lives New CC content on activist heroes, spiritual music, higher ed, and more. View this email in your browser There are people behind these words One of the reasons I write you these notes each week, inv…
  Peter W. Marty, The Christian Century · [email protected]
April 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM

We’re not throwing in the towel on thoughtful journalism

We’re not throwing in the towel on thoughtful journalism View this email in your browser Truth-telling, not marketing   You’ve probably noticed that the fundamental MAGA strategy for influencing public opinion is to drown out establish…
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April 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM

Words of life, words of fire

Words of life, words of fire New CC content on political profanity, incisive storytelling, media bias, and more. View this email in your browser “The tongue is a fire” Maybe it’s just because I’m an editor at a magazine, but I am often s…
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April 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM

We can’t build a better world without compassion

We can’t build a better world without compassion View this email in your browser Thoughtful, compassionate journalism   What happened to the word compassion? You won’t hear it coming out of Washington these days. It’s also not on the l…
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April 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Why are Trump and Musk blocking the church’s work with refugees?

Why are Trump and Musk blocking the church’s work with refugees? Malicious policy, prophetic preaching, resisting revenge, and more in the Century. VIEW IN BROWSER   Print + Digital or Digital-Only Subscribe now for jus…
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April 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Martin Luther King’s unpreached sermon

Martin Luther King’s unpreached sermon New CC content on US politics, loud kids in church, and much more. View this email in your browser Last words and sermon titles People have long found last words fascinating. I once received as a gi…
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April 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM

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April 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM

Where do we turn in tumultuous times?

Where do we turn in tumultuous times? New CC content on philosophy, identity, mysticism, and much more. View this email in your browser Sources of resilience and hope As we turn the page from March to April, we are wrapping up our “What …
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March 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM

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March 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM

Fallible Jesus, infallible Bible?

Fallible Jesus, infallible Bible? New CC content on theologies of the word, a road trip to Selma, and much more. View this email in your browser The living Word and the written word If you’ve been following along this month, we’ve been t…
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March 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Get ahead on Lent preaching

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March 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM

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A special offer from Presbyterian Outlook One full year of print and digital access for just $9.95 The Christian Century from time to time will send an email on behalf of organizations that may be of interest to our readers. These paid advertisements help fund the minist…
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March 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM

The history of “biblical inerrancy”—and its legacy

The history of “biblical inerrancy”—and its legacy CC content on new doctrines, rediscovered hope, and more. View this email in your browser A fateful weekend in 1978 As I’ve mentioned before, I used to be a conservative evangelical. For…
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March 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM

The ways people use the Bible

The ways people use the Bible New CC content on the nature of scripture, Christian Reconstructionism, and more. View this email in your browser The Bible’s many impacts No matter what we might say about the separation of church and state…
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March 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM

Malicious policies, prophetic preaching

Malicious policies, prophetic preaching New CC content on Bishop Budde, refugee ministry, religion classrooms, and more. View this email in your browser Malice, mercy, and mourning I have been working here at the Century for a little ove…
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February 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM

Staying informed but not despairing

Staying informed but not despairing New CC content on Jesus and politics, the sanctuary movement, summer camp, and more. View this email in your browser Current events with a lens of hope There are a few refrains I’ve been hearing a lot …
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February 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM

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February 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM

What kind of game is the USA playing?

What kind of game is the USA playing? New CC content on prophetic art, local politics, the power of music, and more. View this email in your browser Prophetic words, political action In the unsigned editorial below, our team suggests tha…
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February 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM

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February 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM

The demons in our politics

The demons in our politics New CC content on God’s desires for a nation, community organizing, maternal love, and more. View this email in your browser The theology of US politics Most of our essays are a long time in development. We enc…
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February 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Resisting unjust leaders

Resisting unjust leaders Student protests, “emotional communism,” rendering unto Caesar, and more in the Christian Century. VIEW IN BROWSER   Print + Digital or Digital-Only Subscribe now for just $9.95 for one year (12…
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February 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM

The value of faith in rocky times

The value of faith in rocky times New CC content on staying grounded, migrants’ dignity, gratitude, and more. View this email in your browser What our religion offers This may owe to my context, and even to some extent my generation, but…
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January 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Is there a balm in Gilead?

Is there a balm in Gilead? New CC content on community, kitchen theology, healing, and more. View this email in your browser Seeking a common life of care “Crappy birthday to me.” It’s a line I’ve heard my mom say many times over the yea…
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January 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM

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Sojourners subscription for $10 In response to the agenda of the in-coming administration Sojourners has created a powerful special post-election issue. View this email in your browser The Christian Century from time to time will send an email on behalf…
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January 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Our top articles of 2024

Our top articles of 2024 Plus brand new content on theological education, the demands of the cross, and more. View this email in your browser The most popular pieces of 2024 It’s fairly common for magazines to round up their most-read ar…
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January 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM

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January 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM

Searching for wisdom under every rock

Searching for wisdom under every rock Century articles on Arctic waters, John the Baptist, protesting war, church history, and more. View this email in your browser Leaving on a jet plane I write to you from the Pittsburgh International …
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January 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM

NEW CLASS - Truth in Tough Times: Global Voices of Liberation

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January 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM

That’s a wrap on our fundraising campaign!

That’s a wrap on our fundraising campaign! View this email in your browser Dear Friend: As a nonprofit journalistic ministry, The Christian Century relies heavily on donor support to be the leading voice in American religious commentary…
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January 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Where does our help come from?

Where does our help come from? Former presidents, future presidents, the New Testament, and more in the Christian Century. VIEW IN BROWSER   Print + Digital or Digital-Only Subscribe now for just $9.95 for one year (12 …
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January 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM

New faith, resilience, and wellness in 2025

New faith, resilience, and wellness in 2025 Century articles on facing the next 4 years, evolving views of the Bible, and more. View this email in your browser What does this moment call for? Last week I wrote about how, despite my somet…
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December 31, 2024 at 6:00 PM

I don’t love emails like this.

I don’t love emails like this. View this email in your browser Dear friend, Don’t you love end-of-December emails that encourage donations? I do not. I’m not a fan of them. They pile up. They seem predictable. They can feel opportunisti…
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December 31, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Gearing up for a new year

Gearing up for a new year New CC content on a word for the year, Jimmy Carter, a revelatory robbery, and more. View this email in your browser Moving forward into 2025 I’ve often felt a little disillusioned by New Year’s Eve celebrations…
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December 24, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Merry Christmas from the Century!

Merry Christmas from the Century! CC content just in time for the holiday. God as a baby, prayers of protection, new poems, and more. View this email in your browser Merry Christmas I write you this email from a house—my house—full of in…
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December 17, 2024 at 4:01 PM

The traditions that make us who we are

The traditions that make us who we are New CC content on childhood faith, the little town of Bethlehem, Leo Tolstoy, and more. View this email in your browser The value of traditions This past weekend marked the 20th anniversary of my mo…
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December 11, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Our work depends on you.

Our work depends on you. View this email in your browser Dear friend, Our Christian Century offices in Chicago are not fancy. Some file cabinets, old desks, and lots of bookshelves occupy the space. Mismatched silverware and dishes fill…
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December 10, 2024 at 4:01 PM

Which gifts are right this Christmas?

Which gifts are right this Christmas? New CC content on book recommendations, the science of incarnation, the value of vulnerability, and more. View this email in your browser So many gifts this season For better or worse, Christmas is a…
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December 6, 2024 at 2:00 PM

A great gift idea for your loved ones this Christmas

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December 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Advent in these troubling times

Advent in these troubling times Dietrich Bonhoeffer, signs from God, and heavy metal apocalypticism in the Christian Century. VIEW IN BROWSER   Print + Digital or Digital-Only Subscribe now for just $9.95 for one year (…
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December 3, 2024 at 4:00 PM

A perfect time for Advent

A perfect time for Advent New CC content on signs from God, apocalyptic music, how to endure, and more. View this email in your browser Advent in the time of authoritarianism I’m fairly new to Advent after spending most of my faith life …