A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing By Alice Evelyn Yang (William Morrow, 2026) In Alice Evelyn Yang’s debut novel, the nightmares of the past keep their grip on...
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Smoke arrived late this year, givingthe Douglas firs a reprieve,letting the squirrels ravagetheir cones. The eagle’s nests stayedwhole while nitrogen...
Forty years ago, I was asked to consider a Plowshares action. My measured response was that I would, but I would need three months to pray on it. A Plowshares...
I remember sitting on the floor of my college dorm with a group of young women my freshman year when someone mentioned they had learned how to manage their...
On April 15, 2023, Suzan Kuku was having breakfast at home in Omdurman, Khartoum, when news broke of a war between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...
Readings (Year A): Isaiah 55:1–3Psalm 145:8-9, 15–16, 17–18Romans 8:35, 37–39Matthew 14:13–21 Reflection: Share the food of Jesus In this Sunday’s reading from...
There’s a story about a minor miracle in the life of Blessed Solanus Casey, who was beatified in 2017 after a life of holiness and care for the poor, and whose...
Toward the end of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, Odysseus (played by Matt Damon) utters a despairing line clearly influenced by a Talmudic aphorism that’s...
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The Seagull on the Chapel By Eric A. Clayton and Shannon K. Evans, illustrated by Angela Edmonds (Paraclete Press, 2026) Only recently did I learn that two of...
