Culture • Current Conversations Religious Freedom: An Essential Lyric for Human Flourishing Erin Rodewald | 10 min read Some people, many in fact, believe the absence of religion would make for a happier, more peaceful existence here on planet earth. In the early 1970s, John Lennon enshrined that... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections A Proverb in a Collection is Dead? Scott C. Jones | 12 min read Attempts to read straight through the Bible rarely make it as far as Proverbs. The descriptions of the tabernacle in Exodus often knock out the first group of would-be “Bible... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections No Polite Prayers: How Psalm 77 Helps Us Pray Fiercely Rev. Joe Palekas | 13 min read How might you describe your conversations with God? What words would you use to characterize your tone or approach? For those of us who have spent any amount of time... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation He Takes Her Pain into His Hands Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “He takes her pain into his hands.” Wanting to pay attention—in that deepest way that Simone Weil calls us to —I have been reading a novel by Eugene Vodolazkin, set... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Eli, the Passive Priest Rev. J.T. Tarter | 9 min read Growing up, I regularly spent time with the Berenstein Bears. You may have really loved those books—I certainly did, and do—but you may or may not be aware that the... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture The Surprising Origins of Religious Freedom Hugh Whelchel | 9 min read On May 6, 1776, thirty-two “sons of Virginia” representing every county of the state met at Williamsburg to pass a resolution calling for the Virginia delegates at the Continental Congress... Continue Reading
