The Great Conspiracy By Charlie Clauss You can’t reason a man out of a position he didn’t reason himself into in the first place. —Mark Twain Discussion of conspiracy theories has become a common theme in public discourse. We ca... Read More...
Kneel Down and Fight By Clint Wilson Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1990s was, like so many other Southern cities, struggling to find an identity and possessing a hollowed-out urban core before the generation that would usher in re... Read More...
My Life as a Bible Teacher By Christopher Holmes I am a systematic theologian by training, disposition, and vocation. I am grateful for this call, difficult and daunting though it is. What has surprised me most as I muddle along throu... Read More...
They Ran Out of Wine A Short Story By Carter Keithley It rained the whole way for the four-hour drive from Chicago’s O’Hare airport to the wedding venue. I was driving a huge beast of a rental car, an oversized pickup truck, t... Read More...
St. Joseph of Cupertino, Neurodivergence, and Fully Inclusive Education By Nathan Carr Seventeen years ago, while applying to seminary, beginning a family, and bouncing between a series of Starbucks I had helped to launch in the greater Oklahoma City area, my wife and I got win... Read More...
Why Land Acknowledgments Make Bad Liturgy By Adam S. Linton As it seems to me, a brief and true definition of virtue is “rightly ordered love.” Saint Augustine, City of God, 15.22 Land acknowledgments at meetings and gatherings have become widesprea... Read More...
Déjà Vu All Over Again An address delivered to the Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas By George Sumner A month and a half ago, on a Zoom meeting of the House of Bishops, the demographic news about our churc... Read More...
The Malpais Legate: On Christian Representation By Samuel Cripps Two Mormon missionaries were sent out into remote deserts to spread their gospel to the far-flung tribes of the region. Sometime during their missionary journey the goals changed, the missio... Read More...
