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'In Guns We Trust' offers a provocative look at how American gun culture has gotten tangled up with American Christianit...
28/08/2026

'In Guns We Trust' offers a provocative look at how American gun culture has gotten tangled up with American Christianity, especially in right-wing, white Christian spaces. It looks at both ecumenical efforts to lobby for guns and at the ecumenical counter-efforts toward the end of building a culture of peace.

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On August 28, the church celebrates St. Augustine—an African man. For generations, Africa was robbed of its greatest tre...
28/08/2026

On August 28, the church celebrates St. Augustine—an African man. For generations, Africa was robbed of its greatest treasures—its people—through the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade while the continent’s natural resources were confiscated or decimated by colonial powers. Yet, throughout that time and into the present, scholars of theology, philosophy, and literature have considered the works of St. Augustine some of the greatest ever produced.

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How do we look at the vestiges of our faith and spirituality in the aftermath of deconstruction—after we’ve excavated ev...
27/08/2026

How do we look at the vestiges of our faith and spirituality in the aftermath of deconstruction—after we’ve excavated every aspect of our interior life and decided what must leave and what can stay? We were never meant to live fragmented in the rubble of our questions and answers. So what new frameworks can we find, for making sense of life?

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On August 27, the church celebrates St. Monica, mother of Augustine. Monica's acceptance of her husband’s abuse, and her...
26/08/2026

On August 27, the church celebrates St. Monica, mother of Augustine. Monica's acceptance of her husband’s abuse, and her violation of appropriate boundaries with her adult son, are not to be emulated. Yet we can honor her determination to do the best she could as she struggled to make sense of various conflicting forces in her life—and honor her example of persistence, hope, faithfulness, and love.

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The origins of the lectionary lie in the very beginning of Christianity, as Jesus taught by telling stories to friends a...
26/08/2026

The origins of the lectionary lie in the very beginning of Christianity, as Jesus taught by telling stories to friends and followers (Luke 14:15–24). On the road to Emmaus, the resurrected Jesus meets his disciples as they share stories about the happenings in Jerusalem and helps them understand those events, connecting them to the scriptures.

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When a revered leader turns out to be an abuser, how do we remain accountable? How do we keep justice movements and the ...
25/08/2026

When a revered leader turns out to be an abuser, how do we remain accountable? How do we keep justice movements and the church truly safe and liberatory? The Catholic tradition has valuable resources to help us do this, but also has a lot to learn about preventing and addressing harm.

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Fast fashion is so cheap—and so poorly made—it’s easier to replace than to repair it. And with a significant percentage ...
24/08/2026

Fast fashion is so cheap—and so poorly made—it’s easier to replace than to repair it. And with a significant percentage of Gen Z reporting a lack of sewing skills, it’s understandable that many of us would rather throw out a frayed shirt than try to repair it. This is connected with the culture’s broader throwaway attitude toward objects (and people). Why mend when you can just replace?

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After a cannonball shattered his leg, Ignatius, then a soldier, felt his life shatter with it. But when he imagined the ...
21/08/2026

After a cannonball shattered his leg, Ignatius, then a soldier, felt his life shatter with it. But when he imagined the life of Christ he felt alive. With his leg still bandaged, he set out across the Pyrenees on pilgrimage, discovering what wayfinders have known since ancient times: When we are lost, the body knows the way. Although his leg never fully healed, Ignatius embraced a spirituality of pilgrimage.

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Lifelong learning is an essential habit of discipleship. It's also crucial for prioritizing dignity, justice, and the co...
20/08/2026

Lifelong learning is an essential habit of discipleship. It's also crucial for prioritizing dignity, justice, and the common good. It cultivates curiosity, humility, and an openness to both God and neighbor. Good politics requires engaged citizens with an openness to learning.

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Throughout history and in our society today, marginalized communities are routinely used as poker chips for the powerful...
18/08/2026

Throughout history and in our society today, marginalized communities are routinely used as poker chips for the powerful to secure their ends. The powerful keep us distracted by pointing out the moral (and increasingly fabricated) sins of individuals, stoking fear of one another—while broader social sin, massive in scale, is perpetuated unchecked. Indeed, it is often labeled as “success."

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