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Who Are ‘We the People’?: The Church as Politics

Political questions, especially about immigration, become more complex when we see the people involved joining us at the communion rail.

A Visit from the Holy Spirit

A seasoned pastor shares a visceral experience of grief for those seemingly cut off from the means of grace and the hope of the Gospel.

Two Perfect Bananas

An unexpected gift reveals the mission of the church: to woo the world back to God through the self-giving love revealed in Jesus' Eucharistic sacrifice.

Telling the Christian Story in Public

By Graham Tomlin In the past few years, an idea has been growing that has the potential to shift the cultural narrative about Christian faith...

Why I Wear Black

By Zachary Guiliano I always knew I’d wear black. My first inkling came when I was 18 and an intern at a Pentecostal church. I attended...

Christian Vocation: A Call in the Night or a Call from a Friend

By Jean McCurdy Meade On the Second Sunday After the Epiphany, the Old Testament reading was 1 Samuel 3:1-10, and the gospel was John 1:43-51....

The Hidden Lives of the Church’s Religious (Part Two)

The external witness of vowed religious — habits, cloister, the Opus Dei (the daily round of psalms, hymns, and collects recited in chapel) — are the first things Christians notice about the monastics among them. But, of course, that is not the whole story of the charism and fruit of the religious life

The Hidden Lives of the Church’s Religious (Part One)

Why have so many religious communities determined that the distinctive separation of religious men and women from the laity is a problem to be erased?

Transformed by Jesus

May our reading of John’s Gospel inspire us to write more chapters of the good news of Jesus by sharing the power of his forgiveness and the hope of his resurrection with the world God loves so much.

Being a Christian in a Secular Age

We may still be attracted to the holy, but disbelief permeates our faith in God because it’s what we “breathe in our times.” Therefore, it’s becoming harder – even for Christians – to view God as believable in today’s age. 

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