Planting Trees and The Giving Tree
We are the boy. We are the problem.
What Grows on Trees
You might be surprised!
Bad Citizens in a Democracy
The Athenian experiment gives us hope
Remembering Ron Sider
Every time my life intersected with Ron Sider I left a better person
A Story in Two Parts
A history of Polish-Ukrainian violence—and sometime solidarity
The Joe Biden Good-Time Action Adventure Hour!
Politicians ignoring ordinary citizens? Write a play instead!
The Baptismal Vows of Michael Corleone
The crisis of leadership in contemporary religion and politics is rooted not in hypocrisy but in nihilism
The House Next Door
It’s never just a building that goes up in smoke
These Truths? Which Truths?
This time science and tech won’t save us
With Every Victory the Christian Right Becomes Less Christian
When it comes to the witness of the church, the Christian Right brand of politics is unsustainable. The church needs other alternatives.
Stranger Things: Not So Strange at All
What should we do when monsters loom? Tell stories about them, of course.
Analogies of Abortion
The historical roots of “My body, my choice” invite a political reckoning
Seeing Bathsheba
There’s more art history than you realize in your old children’s Bibles
A Savior Will Arise from Gettysburg and His Name Shall Be Mastriano
The Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate’s Christian nationalism on display
Executioner’s Lament
Choosing life for the wild creatures we encounter—when possible
Should the Supreme Court Protect Abortion Laws from Democracy?
We would like to think of ourselves as a unified nation. Our laws tell a different story.
Democratic Spirit: Ulysses S. Grant at 200
The foremost challenge of Grant’s day has not gone away. His response to it merits our attention.
Beauty Through the Bedroom Rug
Are our capacities for perception up for what reality demands?
Rethinking an Ethic of Life
The fundamentally dependent nature of human beings requires much more than the state can offer
Trump Is Going Down and He Is Taking Evangelicals with Him
Many of the former president’s court evangelicals have gone strangely silent
REVIEW: Creativity Calls for More Than a Room of One’s Own
Julie Phillips imagines the possibility of creative work and family life combined