Easter faith is about many things. But more than anything else, it may be about the end of fear. Getting perspective on this fear is

An affirmative answer to Reinhold Niebuhr’s famous prayer begins with the wisdom to distinguish what we can change from what we cannot. Some traits, it’s

In the January 6 early web edition of Dagens Nyheter, one of Scandinavia’s leading newspapers, the headline reads “USA church rejoices in Swedish victims.” In

A reciprocal relationship exists between the structure of a society and its people. The way one thinks and behaves is profoundly influenced by the policies

Holding a morsel of the bread that Jesus had given him, Judas exited into the darkness. Is it the same bread Jesus used that evening

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For William Vande Kopple, family, fishing, and faith are inseparable. In The Catch, a collection of short fiction, Vande Kopple explores the connections within this

As I write these words my country is in mourning. Television commentators speak in hushed voices of the calamity that is upon us. Their guests

I am writing in response to David Timmer’s article in the January 2005 issue of Perspectives, “Same-Sex Marriage: Crisis in Society, Summons to the Church.”