“Welcome to the Hungry Snail!” My daughter greets me at the bottom of the stairs with a napkin draped over her arm, gesturing to the dining room where she and...
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In the days before the pandemic, back when we would visit strangers’ houses with no fear of illness or getting others sick, my church did something they called...
The world—especially the church—would be a better place if Christians who are heterosexual and are not trans listened to a sermon about sexual sin from the...
About a decade ago, my maternal grandmother died of Alzheimer’s disease. As her memory faded, so did her knowledge of her friends, husband, and children...
When Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field during the January 2 Monday Night Football game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals, it felt like...
Readings (Year A): Leviticus 19:1 – 2, 17 – 18Psalms 103:1 – 2, 3 – 4, 8, 10, 12 – 131 Corinthians 3:16 – 23Matthew 5:38...
The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision last June fulfilled a long-term ambition of the nation’s pro-life community by overturning Roe v. Wade, but it...
Regenesis By George Monbiot (Penguin, 2022) George Monbiot’s central contention in this disturbing and bracing book is that farming is slowly killing the...
Beads and booze. Food and fats. Dancing and drinking. Pleasures and pączki. OK. The last one is more of a Chicago thing. Pączki are Polish pastries enjoyed by...
On my 25th birthday a few weeks ago while staying at my parents’ house in the Colorado Rockies, I went on a long walk with my mom around a frozen lake. We...
