At youth group and church camp, I learned to perform my own unworthiness. It took years to recognize the spiritual harm ...

JohnThe tree bore fruit for one summer only.A cluster of kumquats grew like a tumor in the heart;the branches couldn’t ...

God sends manna because God cares for the human needs, because God’s love matters for our lives. To talk about care is to get ...

Open heartsI read Peter Marty’s column about Eden Murphy, a teenager born with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, with an ache in ...

But often it’s through unexpected juxtapositions that Monteiro evokes life’s mysteries. So, for instance, the poem “Solomon ...

JohnThe tree bore fruit for one summer only.A cluster of kumquats grew like a tumor in the heart;the branches couldn’t hold more than one year’s yield,each fruit as orange as the last morningI held my ...

Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a pluralistic society.

A staged legal proceeding in a small town became the catalyst for a century of culture wars.

For years, conservative legal groups have argued that an IRS rule barring churches from endorsing candidates was ...

Though I stopped dressing up for church, at the core of my being there is still a well-dressed girl from Queens.

The signers accused King George of crimes against the people they represented. Those very crimes have become commonplace ...