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Giving silence a seat at the virtual table
3+ hour, 23+ min ago (205+ words) Giving silence a seat at the virtual table It's one aspect of Christian life that can translate well to digital space. Illustration by Grace J. Kim "Silence spoken here." I first read this phrase in reference to the Abbey of Gethsemani,…...
When ecumenism foments hate
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (69+ words) When ecumenism foments hate Udi Greenberg's history of the ecumenical movement locates the errors'such as colonialism'that underlaid the project from the start. Catholics, Protestants, and the Remaking of Christian Life in Europe, 1880s-1970s When the Lunar New Year, Lent, and Ramadan…...
When the Lunar New Year, Lent, and Ramadan converge
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (65+ words) When the Lunar New Year, Lent, and Ramadan converge Celene Ibrahim is a scholar of Islamic intellectual history and applied ethics, a faculty member and chaplain at Groton School, and author of Islam and Monotheism. Jesse Jackson dies at 84 The…...
Abstinence and agency
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (174+ words) I grew up in evangelical purity culture. Melissa Febos's decision to abstain from'sex was quite different. A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex Celibacy for female mystics was about God. But it was not as if these women…...
Marked with each other’s deaths (Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51:1-17; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (329+ words) In one way, Ash Wednesday is the loneliest and most isolating of Christian liturgies. And appropriately so. Each and all of us have this in common: mortality. And each and all of us, one way or the other, have to…...
Shenouda Esmat’s Temptation on the Mountain
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (59+ words) Shenouda Esmat's Temptation on the Mountain Image used by permission of the artist "My time spent amid the enchanting natural wonders of Sinai," Esmat told the century, "with all its biblical associations, has been beautiful, sacred, inspiring, and healing." Jesus…...
February 22, Lent 1A (Matthew 4:1–11)
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (635+ words) February 22, Lent 1A (Matthew 4:111) A doctor buddy of mine, who is no biblical literalist, is nonetheless convinced that the story of Jesus in the wilderness is both factual and true. His assumption is that this wilderness is the same wilderness Jesus…...
What does solidarity require?
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (108+ words) What does solidarity require? Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor offer a dizzying tour of the concept across geography and history. The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea Jesse Zink is the principal of Montreal Diocesan Theological College, an…...
As Walk for Peace reaches DC, Buddhist monks share interfaith message with thousands
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (812+ words) As Walk for Peace reaches DC, Buddhist monks share interfaith message with thousands "In front of you all, you can see all religions" leaders here together for the same mission: peace," said Bhikkhu Pa'kra, the monks" leader, who spoke for…...
Winter Fragments
1+ week, 2+ day ago (203+ words) Into the sunlight I awaken,into the dread. How to sheltermy heart from the hammeringvoices?" " " " " " " " "How to heedRilke's call to be your ownshimmering vase'liquid roses,your own incomparablethread. A crescent moon lingersin the sky at dawn. Allour sorrows, a stringof…...