August 2024
VOL. 89, NO. 8
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Features
God in the fog
BY ELLYN SANNA
When it comes to supporting those with chronic illness due to long COVID, the church has some catching up to do.
Columns
THE EXAMINED LIFE
Consider the bees
BY EMILY SANNA
Every species has its own role to play in God’s creation.
CULTURE IN CONTEXT
Raised with love
BY DANNY DUNCAN COLLUM
Networks of care and social support still exist in desolate places.
SALT & LIGHT
Good and kind
BY MEGHAN J. CLARK
Kindness means recognizing the common human dignity of our neighbor.
MARGIN NOTES
The farmworker’s dilemma
BY KEVIN CLARKE
Farmworkers are at risk both from inadequate protections and indifference.
TESTAMENTS
Light of the world
BY ALICE CAMILLE
In Gaudium et Spes, the church shows itself poised to engage the “theater of history.”
GLAD YOU ASKED
Departments
Editors’ Note
You May Be Right (Letters to the Editor)
From the Archives
Poetry
Reviews (Music, Film, Books)
Eye of the Beholder (Art meditation)
In Person
The illuminator
BY JOHN CHRISTMAN
Artist Daniel Mitsui brings Gothic and medieval art to life.
Essays
Hear our prayer
BY ALLISON CONNELLY-VETTER
The church must learn from, and look to, disability justice activists.
In sickness and in health
BY STEPHANIE BOCCUZZI
A difficult diagnosis offers a new perspective on the vows of marriage.
Sounding Board
Beyond access
BY MADISON CHASTAIN
If disability is not a part of the kingdom of God, why did Jesus’ wounds linger.
Expert Witness
These beautiful scars
An interview with Sister Julia Walsh
We don’t have to be perfect to live in solidarity with others.
Home Faith
That’s life
BY TERESA CODA
Making peace with the mysterious can be a comfort when dealing with life’s ups and downs.
