About this time, the theme of protection entered my prayer life. It went deeper than politics. I found three prayers rising, ...

A group of faith leaders, activists, law enforcement officials, and families of murder victims has called on President Joe ...

We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “Seed.” The Buechner Narrative Writing Project honors the life and legacy of ...

Not until the Christmas they were in kindergarten and second grade. With the December scholastic film festival concluded, my ...

As preachers consider their response to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a sermon from the Gilded Age ...

Occasionally one of my children will ask me, “Am I your favorite child?” This both elicits a laugh I don’t think they were ...

The scene representing the birth of Jesus is a common December sight, artfully arranged on church lawns or entryways across ...

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in New Orleans, Louisiana, is nowhere near Lemon Tree Mound.So, it was something of a surprise a ...

We have become a society of people who cannot prevent our own children from being killed in their classrooms—and who do not much mind the killing of other people’s children by weapons of war. Catholic ...

Lesley Finn is an award-winning writer and visual artist. She teaches at Yale University and the Center for Fiction in ...

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