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As Orthodox Christians celebrate the most holy season of Pascha, they mark belief in a life free from the reign of death.

'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.

'This Here Flesh'
In the second chapter of her new book on spirituality, liberation and story, Cole Arthur Riley writes about place.

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.

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.

Banning books restricts the image of God
Recent nationwide efforts to ban books endanger our society and our spirits.

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.

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.

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.

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.
