Author: John B. Chilton

When demons are real

Experiences in charismatic churches in Africa, where demons are regarded as real, inspired this column by Stanford anthropologist T. H. Luhrmann. The essay is concerned

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$20 helps buy health insurance for women at Magdalene St. Louis

Part of how the women in our community will get medical care is by us paying for their medical insurance. We estimate it will be $5,000 per woman per year. My goal by the end of 2013 is to crowdsource funding for at least one of these insurance policies. I’m calling it the “Love Heals Challenge.”

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To be young and homeless

A sobering thought to reflect on as we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus: an estimated 1.6 million young people are homeless in the

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Christian humility

E. J. Dionne has written perhaps the most insightful column I have read on recent controversies about the interpretation of the Bible. His view on

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Commemorating the homeless dead

A number of Episcopal churches participated in services memorializing people who died homeless this year. It isn’t clear to me whether these services are coordinated

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