Author: Theresa Johnson

Ethics on the basketball court

When Faith Baptist played Grinnel on the basketball court last November, Grinnel’s Jack Taylor shot an NCAA-record 138 points as his team went on to win 179-104. Was their star a hero blessed by God or did the winning team–representing an evangelical Christian school–simply humiliate their opponents?

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Finding faith in the abyss

Christian Wiman, the editor of Poetry magazine and a poet himself, writes about his faith and his illness in “My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer.”

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Gateway to hell

If you are looking for the highway to hell, your search is over. Italian archeologists believe they have found it in southwestern Turkey.

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The Testament of Mary

Colm Tobin’s one woman show explores the life of the mother of Jesus, before the layers of piety defined her image for the church. The Rev. Jon Richardson reviews the play.

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