Anxiety, politics, and the lost mysticism of the church
We have replaced our faith in God with faith in a candidate or political party, writes Joshua Gritter. Why?
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My anti-Advent wreath
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Recently I was home in Michigan for a few days. My parents took me to Sluggos, an old pizza joint that has..
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A Holy Saturday psalm
"Today I am dead./ With Christ in the tomb where hopes lay fallow./ What bright phoenix will yet rise from these ashes?"