Hegseth’s phrase points to the way our political rhetoric often borrows Christian language without attending to its history in Scripture — or to the message of Christian hope itself.
Hegseth’s phrase points to the way our political rhetoric often borrows Christian language without attending to its history in Scripture — or to the message of Christian hope itself.
Though often linked to Black diasporas and Indigenous culture, honoring ancestors is deeply rooted in American culture.
Spiritual discipline isn’t a legalistic burden; it’s the exercise our souls need to stay fit. Here are five practices inspired by holy envy for this Lenten season.
my dad, he calls me his little morning dove
As a ministry of Anabaptist churches deeply rooted in Christ’s call to peace and as an organization with more than 75 years of experience working with partners in the Middle East, Mennonite Central Committee laments the U.S. military aggression against the country of Iran.
“The Last Judgment,” Michelangelo’s vast fresco painted into the plaster of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, is undergoing an extraordinary maintenance process in preparation for Easter, with a team of 20 restorers working in two shifts a day to remove a thin, milky residue that has built up due to the thousands who come to admire the masterpiece every day.
Simon of Cyrene went home that Friday evening with blood, not his own, on his shirt.
The Serpent lived in the Garden in the days before men. It marveled at the newness, the vastness, the shared breath of all who dwelled within.
