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Friedrich’s Subjective Landscapes of the Soul

In the extraordinarily subjective world of Caspar David Friedrich, we are almost always positioned before a landscape that strongly suggests our presence.

I, Me, Mine

For most of us, the very mention of the word “pronoun” exacerbates the cultural hypertension endemic to our culture.

Turning Loss into a Blessing

A girl begins to understand that her “good for nothing” puddle might just be good for something after all.

Spiritual Craftsmanship in the Sunshine

Beyond the tools of expression of these handcrafted buildings, the most powerful baseline continuity is the purpose of all the effort of their builders: To come closer to God.

Sister Moon Visits the Cathedral

Luke Jerram’s multidisciplinary art practice incorporates sculptures, installations, and live art projects, which have excited and inspired people around the world.

Bringing Whole Selves to the Text

The New Testament in Color offers preachers, scholars, and students an accessible multiethnic resource for biblical research.

Our Paschal Life

Easter, as liturgical Christians understand, is not merely one day, but a full 50-day celebration; it’s even longer than the season of penitence that precedes it.

The Church’s Story in Song

Medieval historian and Lutheran pastor Paul Rorem has captured hymnody’s breadth and richness.

The Chosen’s Thoughtful Depiction of Holy Week

This Holy Week, for the first time since The Passion of the Christ, audiences have a cinematic opportunity to further solidify their grasp on the drama of Holy Week.

Why They Left

Jim Davis and Michael Graham are sensitive to issues of race and human sexuality, so Episcopal clergy can see them, if not as allies, at least as sympathetic fellow clerics.

A Complete Church

Ephrem Arcement looks at seven aspects of Christianity that he sees as necessary for a complete church, and how each aspect can help or hurt the promotion of the faith.

How Christianity Found its Footing in Sports

What Paul Putz achieves in The Spirit of the Game is narrating the history behind a prominent Christian athlete subculture.

Evangelizing Through Music

The Great Sacred Music program at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, attracts roughly 200 people each week and an average of 20,000 additional people watching online each month.

Edwin Muir’s Crucial Question

My hope is that one of Edwin Muir’s poems (“The Killing”) will find its way into a few Good Friday sermons.

Lament and Celebration

Bishop Wright helps us live out the pattern of lament and celebration in a way that engages our hearts and minds.

A Reunion of Faith and Counseling?

The authors argue that a partnership between clinics and churches could extend the healing efforts of both communities.

A Liberal’s History of Anglican Thought

This account traces theology in England from early sources through the Reformation into a detailed account of the shaping of belief amid the rise of modernity.

A Compassionate Look at a Church’s Collapse

In a style known as immersion journalism, or long-form journalism, Griswold maps out the creation, initial energy, growth, pinnacle, downslide, erosion, and eventual demise of Circle of Hope.

Making Church Unity Tangible

Bishop Pierre Whalon correctly asserts the existence of a “wide gap between what the churches all share in common and how poorly we express that unity.”

A Story of God’s Transforming Power

“A good narrative—a Black one, at least—is not owned by any individual; it is, instead, the story of a people.”

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