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The revolutionary act of reading together: Why book clubs could save the world
Book clubs are gentle training grounds for something we desperately need: the experience of disagreeing with people we care about, and surviving it.
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What is Reformed Theology, Anyway?
Editor’s Note: Following is an excerpt from chapter one, “A Reformed Theology Primer: Misconceptions and Realities,” from Generously Reformed: Theology Rooted Deep and Wide. Slow
What Christian Higher Education Offers That We (Still) Need
From our perspective as faculty at Christian liberal arts institutions, we see the work of Christian higher education as unique and essential. What should set
When the Faucet Runs Dry
Anger has had something of a reputation problem in Christian circles, especially for women. We tend to associate anger with sin. When I was younger,
Where’s Our Belhar?
Belhar did not define unity. It proclaimed it. It reminded the church that Christ had torn down the dividing wall of hostility, and anything that
Seeing First Fruits at Setshabelo Family and Child Services and Other Locations in South Africa
Those of us in the United States look around today and wonder, in the midst of our national struggles, what can we do? One thing
Honor Everyone
When mulling over a topic for my speech, some of the episodes of demeaning treatment that I had learned about over the years came to
The Girl in the Picture
What bothers me about the reactions to Sy’s refugee picture is the historical amnesia of it. The Emma Lazarus poem on the Statue of Liberty,
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Like Holding a Cup Beneath a Waterfall
We have all the content that we could ever need. It’s not content but context that matters.
Santiago Atitlán and a Martyr from Oklahoma
I wonder, sometimes, if in our abstract commitments to justice, we jump from one cause to another, without learning to love and appreciate the people
“Love of Suffering” — a retreat, a migraine, and a saint
A few weeks ago, I made the drive from Charlottesville to Richmond to spend a couple days at a retreat center in downtown Richmond. This
The Joys & Challenges of Being Childfree
We live in a culture where we are, as women, are told not to trust our choices and our instincts unless it’s our maternal instinct.
Trump Is Not the Antichrist, But He May Be Preparing People to Welcome One
The dramatic line lets people dismiss the whole concern as fanaticism. The harder line asks what sort of soul our politics is producing.
Toward a Better Country
There have been many small deaths in my life. Moving away from our home in the country. Cutting my long hair. The final performance of
Cyrus the Messiah
Some of my Christian friends find a parallel between Cyrus and President Trump. Just as God used Cyrus, a pagan ruler, so God is using
Was Blind, but Now I (kind of) See
“Was blind, but now I see.” If only it were that simple. If only we went through life experiencing blindness (the problem), and then having
Reviews
God of All Promises: A Poetic Pilgrimage
“I have found possible and useful, in my own practice, to pray back the Bible to God, who dwells therein.”
Salvation, Providence, and the Embodied Gospel in Forevergreen
Through crisp visual effects that combine the feel of claymation and woodcarving, and wordless musical narration that swells at all the right moments to drive
Her Brother Was Falling Apart—She Chose to Stay Anyway
We are our own predicaments, too. Confessing our compulsions to compensate for whatever scripts we have internalized, we expend enormous effort to appear whole and
Discernment in the Digital Age: A review of AI Goes to Church
Todd Korpi’s AI Goes to Church is an engaging resource for Christian leaders exploring the implications of artificial intelligence for their ministry, even as it
History Lessons: Contextualized Faithfulness and Racial Justice
This book thus provided both a challenge and comfort for me, challenging because we readers need to consider how our Buechnerian callings should all involve
John Calvin: Refugee Theologian
Woo’s book arrives at a moment when refugees are at the center of many crises in our world, including here in North America.
Being the Church in the World: Lessons from Mother Emanuel
At a time when the federal government is removing historical signs and webpages pertaining to Black history, this book seems particularly important. When pastors are
Anata No Monogatari Wa Watashi No Monogatari Demo Arimasu (Your Story Is My Story)
While only modestly aware of the challenges confronting missionaries in a Japanese culture that resists the Christian message, I was very much aware of the
Poetry
Broken Balm
Lifedoes not consistofaccumulatingsmall comfortsbutofaccumulatingmany wounds smalland great heldwith patientcare slowly metabolized and given backto thewoundingandwounded worldasbroken balm. You can hear a conversation about this poem
My Lord I Sit Beige and Bubble Wrapped
My Loud I sit beige and bubble-wrapped when all my friends forskae me for jobs …
In the Precincts of the Holy
The room, replete with what is about to happen, is full as well with coughing …
Imagining Iran, March 2026
We have no uncontaminated words for this
Contemplating the Redactions in the Newly Released Epstein Files
The women—I want to say women, but really they were girls …
Podcasts
“Broken Balm” by Alex Arthurs
In this week’s episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Alex Arthurs about his poem “Broken Balm.” Alex is husband
“My Lord I Sit Beige and Bubble Wrapped” by Alex Mouw
In this week’s episode of Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma talks with Alex Mouw about his poem “My Lord Beige and Bubble Wrapped.” Alex is
“Sowing” by Marjorie Maddox
In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews Marjorie Maddox about her poem “Sowing.” Marjorie is Professor Emerita of English and Creative
“In The Precincts of the Holy” by Jerry Harp
In this week’s episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Jerry Harp about his poem “In The Precincts of the
“Contemplating the Redactions in the Newly Released Epstein Files” by Sara Kay Mooney
In this week’s episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Sara Kay Mooney about her poem “Contemplating the Redactions in
“The Return of Appetite” by Andy Stager
In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Andy Stager about his poem “The Return of Appetite.” Andy