How the Water Holds Us
Joanne Nelson wanders and wonders through tributaries of watery connections.
friendship
On Friendship: Things We Can Learn from Our Blessed Mother
Samuel Andri constructively reimagines Christian friendship with the help of Saint Mary, the Blessed Mother of God.
Until an End Is Made
Certain strands of friendship can cross distances, but others—regretfully—are broken.
The Problem of Gay Friendship
Wesley Hill on whether it’s possible to reclaim a classic, orthodox Christian theology of friendship in the context of the gay Christian experience.
This Is the Way the World Ends: A Conversation between Kara N. Slade and Amy Laura Hall on Domination and Solidarity in Young Adult Dystopias
Dystopian novels—stories of the future going badly wrong—have apparently now surpassed the vampire and fantasy genres in the young adult fiction market. The books, and the phenomenon of their popularity, have provoked numerous discussions online, in schools, and in the sort of serious, adult magazines that teenagers don’t read. (We know this, of course, only […]
All Sexed Up: Is There a Way Out of Chastity, Marriage, and the Christian Sex Cult?
Sex in the church is completely screwed up. This is a conclusion I have reached, not based on my own experience or thoughts in an ivory tower, but by talking through the experiences of people I have known who have been, and still are, faithful followers of Christ. Some of these have been married folk, […]