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Ukrainians show faith in the face of destruction
As Orthodox Christians celebrate the most holy season of Pascha, they mark belief in a life free from the reign of death.
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Nicholas Sooy
Director, Orthodox Peace Fellowship & In Communion
'Turning Red' pushes us to embrace the messiness of human life
There are too few spaces where our feelings and experiences are allowed to be complex or overwhelming.
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Jean Neely
Scholar and writer
'This Here Flesh'
In the second chapter of her new book on spirituality, liberation and story, Cole Arthur Riley writes about place.
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Cole Arthur Riley
Writer
What should learning of Vanier’s abuses do to his legacy?
Two years after we learned about Jean Vanier’s abuses of women, we continue to reckon with the interplay of vulnerability and power.
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Bethany McKinney Fox
Founder of Beloved Everybody
This Ash Wednesday, mourning scours our hearts
The last two years have deepened our experience with grief. As we move into the season of Lent, a pastor and assistant professor asks what has been learned.
Link to author Timothy Adkins-Jones
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Timothy Adkins-Jones
Pastor and assistant professor
Banning books restricts the image of God
Recent nationwide efforts to ban books endanger our society and our spirits.
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Khristi Lauren Adams
Author
Finding God’s transformation and liberation in a desolate season
God is with us in our complexity, our complicity, our fragility and our belovedness, writes the director of the Thriving in Ministry Coordination Program at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Alaina Kleinbeck
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Alaina Kleinbeck
Director, Thriving in Ministry Coordination Program
Turning to the waters of Christ's baptism
In the Feast of Theophany, Orthodox Christians learn to drink deeply from the water of Christ’s baptism as a means of renewal and hope.
Link to author Allison Backous Troy
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Allison Backous Troy
Writer and educator
Our Lady of Guadalupe gives dignity to the dehumanized
The narrative and iconography of Our Lady of Guadalupe can teach us much about how God is with us.
Link to author Elsie Miranda
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Elsie Miranda
Director of accreditation, Association of Theological Schools
Our bold "yes" this Advent
Rather than viewing this season as awaiting a return to the past, we can embrace it as an invitation to transformation and action, writes the director of the Thriving Congregations Coordination Program at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Kelly Ryan
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Kelly Ryan
Director, Thriving Congregations Coordination Program
