Micheal O’Siadhail: The artist is a minister of meaning
Poets, like theologians, address questions of meaning and the context of our lives, says the award-winning Irish poet.
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Ed Moore: Godzilla to Caiaphas
The new version of “Godzilla” reminds a pastor that stories are always in danger of being sanitized, whether a monster movie warning of atomic danger or the sacred story of Jesus.
Randal Jelks: Writing Benjamin Mays back into the history
Regarded as a spiritual and intellectual father to Martin Luther King Jr., the late Benjamin Mays is well worth knowing in his own right, a major figure who helped launch the civil rights movement, says a Mays biographer.
Nita Farahany: Neuroscience, the law and human responsibility
Advances in neuroscience are changing the way we think about crime, punishment and human agency, says a Duke professor who works at the intersection of law, philosophy and science.
Resources for Memorial Day
Military chaplains reflect on the theological implications of their job, how churches can help returning soldiers and veterans, and how to find beauty even in the midst of war.
Steve Bell: Music is a tilling of soil
Music breaks open hard ground, preparing it for a seed to be planted, says the Canadian singer-songwriter and Christian musician.
Jonathan Scott Holloway: Telling the stories of African-American lives
In his book “Jim Crow Wisdom: Memory and Identity in Black America since 1940,” a historian examines the stories that black people have told about themselves, and how memory and history are related.
David Dodson: The plumb line and the right path
The theologically trained president of MDC, a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating barriers to opportunity, describes his work as a “secular expression of faith.”
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar: Coming together to create
The founder of Urban Bush Women talks about the values that underlie the dance company: community, collaboration and multi-disciplinarity.
Leadership in the face of adversity
Sue Monk Kidd’s new book tells the story of the Grimké sisters and their family’s slaves. These women give us examples of leadership that grows out of faith and is deeply rooted in community.