June 2023
VOL. 88, NO. 6
Scroll through the Table of Contents to view what’s in this month’s print issue. Some articles are available only in the print issue: Subscribe today to get full access to all the material you see listed below. And remember to sign up for our weekly email so you never miss an online article!
Features
In God’s image
BY ELLYN SANNA
Understanding God beyond the gender binary is essential to building a better church.
Columns
THE EXAMINED LIFE
Wonderfully made
BY EMILY SANNA
Trans people are loved by God.
CULTURE IN CONTEXT
An American story
BY DANNY DUNCAN COLLUM
School curriculums must remind Americans that history is not inevitable.
SALT & LIGHT
Where are your voices?
BY FATHER BRYAN MASSINGALE
Sixty years after Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his “Letter from Birmingham City Jail,” white Christians still function as defenders of an unjust status quo.
MARGIN NOTES
A poignant lesson
BY KEVIN CLARKE
What might peace in our time look like?
TESTAMENTS
Eat these words
BY ALICE CAMILLE
Contemplation of scripture is a process, not a done deal.
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)
Practicing Catholic
Lift your soul
BY MATT KAPPADAKUNNEL
Weightlifting works both body and spirit.
Essays
Encourage the questions
BY KATHLEEN BONNETTE
For an ecofeminist theologian, teaching children’s liturgy is a balancing act.
A creative vocation
BY CASSIDY KLEIN
Is our understanding of vocation too narrow?
Sounding Board
Safety first?
BY JOHN T. KYLER
A spirit of welcome shouldn’t mean ignoring concerns about church safety.
Expert Witness
God is change
An interview with Laurie Brink, O.P.
For this scripture scholar, science gives new language for talking about vocation and community.
Home Faith
Living the dream
BY DON CLEMMER
Dream big—God gets a kick out of your wildest ideas.
