Comparing meat-eating to Christian virtue ethics, Grist’s food writer, Nathanael Johnson, tries to find arguments in favor of meat-eating as a moral choice. Johnson notes that, as
At home in Australia Cardinal George Pell had crafted for himself the image of a climate change denier. Working now in the Vatican Bank, he had held his tongue since the release of the Pope’s encyclical on climate change, Laudato Si (Praise Be to You). That changed last Friday when the Cardinal was interviewed by the Financial Times.
The Rev Owen Chadwick, priest, professor, and prolific author of religious history works, is remembered in an in-depth obituary published by the Guardian. In addition
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, is a civil rights leader and minister in North Carolina. Following the killings in Charleston, and the removal of
From the pseudonym of “Gutbloom” comes this humorous attempt to rank condiments according to their divinity; inspired by the “neo-platonic metaphysic” of St. Augustine, the
In the gospel of Matthew 14: 22-32, the miracle is not that Jesus walks on water, but that Peter even tries. If you have ever
For 12 years, I worked at a church organ company where many of my associates were musicians whose work included providing wedding music. In June, I asked several of them to share the most memorable marriage ceremonies they had witnessed from the bench.
In the Magazine this month we’re looking at the experience of General Convention. In this post, first time deputy Katherine Karr-Cornejo reflects on her time as a deputy and the ways in which Twitter opened up the conversation of GC to the whole church.
At the Magazine this month, we’re exploring the experience of General Convention. In this piece, Kristin Fontaine recounts experiencing GC through social media and how that brought her closer to her mother
What is the unique feature of your seemingly defective spiritual anatomy (that might actually be your most beautiful gift to God), that you can place on the altar the next time you hear this bidding in the Offertory?