Articles Library

Advent Ethics
"Redeeming Time," by Kimberlee Conway Ireton
"What Are We Waiting For?" by Claude F. Mariottini
"The Three Advents," by Fr. James Conner, OCSO
"Advent of the Heart: The Prison Meditations of Alfred Delp, SJ," by Jenny Howell
"The Advent Fast," by Thomas Turner
"Distinctive Traditions of Advent," by Amber and John Inscore Essick

Aging
"Caring as Honoring," by Anne E. Streaty Wimberly
"Aging from the Perspective of the Cross," by Stephen Sapp
"When Suffering Continues," by Robert V. Rakestraw
"What's Retirement For?," by William L. Turner
"Declining with Grace," by Robert C. and Elizabeth V. Roberts

Apocalyptic Vision
"The Church as a Company of Nomads" by Barry Harvey
"The Whole Creation Has Been Groaning," by Harry Alan Hahne
"Satan and the Powers," by Susan R. Garrett
"Is Apocalyptic Imagination Killing Us?" by Scott M. Lewis, S. J.
"Islam in Apocalyptic Perspective" by Thomas S. Kidd

Caring for Creation
"Valuing the Goodness of the Earth," by Jame Schaefer
"The Book of the Word: Reading God's Creation" by Elizabeth Theokritoff
"Appreciating Wilderness," by Susan P. Bratton
"Faithful Eating," by Norman Wirzba
"Doing Good Work," by Jeffrey Bilbro
"Becoming More Mindful of Creation," by R. Wesley Smith

Catechism
"Stepping Into the Drama," by Gary Furr
"Considering Catechism for Suspicious Protestants," by Daniel H. Williams
"Introducing Children to Worship," by Debra Dean Murphy
"Laying Foundations of Faith," by John D. Lockhart
"The Teaching Power of Spiritual Direction" by Emilie Griffin

Children
"A More Vibrant Theology of Children," by Marcia J. Bunge
"Living in the Shadow of the Manger," by Margaret Eletta Guider, O.S.F.
"Beyond Noah's Ark," by Susan R. Garrett
"Parenting Virtues Today," by David L. Johns

Christianity and Islam
"No God but God," by A. Christian van Gorder
"How Muslims See Us," by Donald Wagner
"Wise Foreign Relations," by Charles Strohmer
"Peace and Justice in the Qur'an," by Mustansir Mir
"Reading Together," by Kristen Lindbeck
"Beyond the Veil," by Evelyne A. Reisacher

Christmas and Epiphany
"The Birth of Christmas," by Joseph F. Kelly
"Christmas and the Clash of Civilizations," by Donald Heinz
"The Color of Christmas Extended," by Emilie Griffin
"Caroling," by David W. Music
"Seeing Epiphany Whole," by Steven R. Harmon
"Distinctive Traditions of Epiphany," by Amber and John Inscore Essick

Cities and Towns
"Dysfunctional Cities: Where Did We Go Wrong?" by Lee Hardy
"Citizens of Another City," by Barry Harvey
"The New Urbanism," by Eric O. Jacobsen
"Saint Benedict in the City," by Bryan Hollon
"The Church Building as Sacramental Sign," by Philip Bess

Cloning
"The Cultural Geography of Cloning," by Allen Verhey
"Cloning Facts and Fictions," by James A. Marcum
"Cloning Promises, Profits, and Privilege," by Lisa Sowle Cahill
"A Theologian's Brief: The Human Embryo in Christian Tradition," by David Jones, et al.
"Faith and Infertility," by Maura A. Ryan
"Making Difficult Decisions," by Stuart R. Sprague

Consumerism
"Stuff-Love," by Laura Singleton
"Mastering Mammon," by Craig L. Blomberg
"Relationships in the Age of Consumerism," by Barry J. Bryan
"Discovering Our True Identity," by Mark S. Medley
"Beyond Candy Cane Lane," by F. Matthew Schobert, Jr.

Disability
"Zacchaeus: Short and Un-Seen," by Amos Yong
"Many Bodies, Many Worlds" by John Swinton
"The Cult of Normalcy," by Thomas E. Reynolds
"Jars of Clay: Disability in Intentional Christian Community," by S. Kay Toombs
"Baptism and Profound Intellectual Disability," by Jason D. Whitt
"The Lure of Eugenics," by Brian Brock

Food and Hunger
"Table Fellowship of God's People," by Todd D. Still
"Hungry Souls," by Thomas Hibbs
"Who's Hungry and Who Cares?" by Jack Marcum
"Heavenly Hunger," by R. Marie Griffith

Forgiveness
"See How They Love One Another," by Dorothy C. Bass and Frederick A. Niedner, Jr.
"The Purpose of God and the Politics of Salvation," by Dorothy Jean Weaver
"Forgiveness: Taking the Word to Heart," by J. Randall O'Brien
"Forgiveness as a Character Trait," by Robert C. Roberts
"God's Repentance-Enabling Forgiveness," by Ralph C. Wood
"Failing Leaders," by Robert B. Kruschwitz

Freedom
"Freedom and Belonging," by Richard Bauckham
"Paul's Assessment of Christian Freedom" by Bruce W. Longenecker
"Authority, Autonomy, and the Freedom to Love," by Scott Bader-Saye
"The Baptist Contribution to Liberty," by Jason D. Whitt
"Deepening the Mystery of Freedom," by Heather Hughes

Friendship
"Moving Beyond Friendly to Friendship," by Carolinne White
"I Have Called You Friends," by Gail R. O'Day
"A School of Christian Love," by Paul J. Wadell
"Friendship's Role in Coming to Know as We Are Known," by Caroline J. Simon
"Literature and the Real Meaning of Mentorship," by Vigen Guroian

The Gambling Culture
"Would a Good and Faithful Disciple Gamble?" by Kevin Moore
"The Hidden Social Costs of Gambling" by Earl L. Grinols
"State Lotteries: Gambling with the Common Good," by Julia Fleming
"Investment vs. Gambling," by Mike A. Stegemoller
"Congregational Ministry to Problem Gamblers," by Deborah G. Haskins

Global Wealth
"Global Poverty: Beyond Utopian Visions," by Thomas E. Phillips
"Global Inequality," by Douglas A. Hicks
"An Economy for the Earth," by Henry Rempel
"Is Economic Globalization Good News?" by Joseph A. McKinney
"A Just and Living Wage," by Jerold L. Waltman
"Investing in the Global Age," by Laura Singleton

Health
"Revisioning Health," by James A. Marcum and Robert B. Kruschwitz
"Jesus as Healer," by John J. Pilch
"Eating Well: Seven Paradoxes of Plenty," by Mary Louise Bringle
"Dying Well," by Abigail Rian Evans
"What Would the Good Samaritan Do?" by Ann Neale and Jeff Tieman

Heaven and Hell
"Living Under Vacant Skies," by A. J. Conyers
"The Virtue of Hope," by John E. Hare
"Unquenchable Fire," by E. Anni Judkins
"The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail," by Ralph C. Wood
"My Maker was the Primal Love," by Douglas V. Henry
"Left Behind and Getting Ahead," by David Lyle Jeffrey

Hospitality
"Untamed Hospitality," by Elizabeth Newman
"Entertaining Angels: Hospitality in Luke and Acts," by Andrew Arterbury
"Making a Place for Hospitality," by Christine Pohl
"Dorothy Day's Radical Hospitality," by Coleman Fannin
"Toward a Welcoming Congregation," by Paul J. Wadell
"Boundary and Hospitality," by Caroline A. Westerhoff

Immigration
"Loving Our Neighbors, Both Far and Near," by Peter C. Meilaender
"Ruth: Resident Alien with a Face," by Michael S. Moore
"A More Perfect Union," by Michele R. Pistone and John J. Hoeffner
"Faithful Companions," by Richard M. Muñoz
"Waves of Blessing, Waves of Change," by Randy White

Inklings of Glory
"The Baptized Imagination," by Kerry L. Dearborn
"Irrigating Deserts with Moral Imagination," by Peter J. Schakel
"Frodo's Forgiveness," by Ralph C. Wood
"Permanent Things," by J. Daryl Charles
"The Mystery of Vocation," by Martha Greene Eads

Lent
"Preparing for Joy," by Norman Wirzba
"The Early History of Lent" by Nicholas V. Russo
"Lent as a Season of Responsive Fasting," by Scot McKnight
"Walking the Walk (of the Stations of the Cross)," by Carmen Acevedo Butcher
"Keeping Vigil," by Heather Hughes

The Letter of James
"God Gave Us Birth," by Miriam J. Kamell
"Faith-in-Action: An Ethic of ‘Perfection'" by Patrick J. Hartin
"Taming the Tongue," by Todd D. Still
"James's Theological Grammar," by Robert W. Wall
"Seeing Ourselves in the Mirror of the Word," by C. Stephen Evans
"Living as the Friends of God," by Paul J. Wadell

Marriage
"Who Needs a Covenant?" by David P. Gushee
"Christian Marriage and Public Policy," by Don Browning
"For Better or For Worse," by Margaret Kim Peterson
"Marriage in the Fellowship of the Faithful," by John Thompson
"What God Has Joined Together," by David Instone-Brewer

Monasticism Old and New
"A Vision So Old It Looks New," by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
"The Finkenwalde Project," by William Samson
"Evangelicals and Monastics," by Ivan J. Kauffman
" Ties that Bind: Sharing a Common Rule of Life," by Kyle Childress

Moral Landscape of Creation
"Eden: Moral Power of a Biblical Landscape," by Theodore Hiebert
"The Stewardship of Creation," by Russell A. Butkus
"God's Measure of Creation," by Norman Wirzba
"Two Languages," by Greg C. Earwood
"Teaching Children the Story of Creation," by Andrea Harrell Moore
"Becoming Better Gardeners," by Teresa Morgan

Mysticism
"Toward a Deeper and Godlier Love," by Emilie Griffin
"How Mystics Hear the Song," by W. Dennis Tucker, Jr.
"Loosening Our Grip," by Frederick C. Bauerschmidt
"Prophetic Mysticism," by Alex Nava
"The Mystic and the Church," by Dana Greene
"Improving Our Seeing and Listening," by E. Glenn Hinson

Parables
"The Contexts of Jesus' Parables," by David B. Gowler
"Hearing a Parable with the Early Church," by Mikeal C. Parsons
"Matthew's Nonviolent Jesus and Violent Parables," by Barbara E. Reid, O. P.
"Hazmats or Good Gifts?" by Dorothy Jean Weaver
"Hearing Is Believing," by James R. Edwards
"Hearing Parables in the Patch," by Joel Snider

Peace and War
"War in the Old Testament," by John A. Wood
"The War of the Lamb," by Harry O. Maier
"Terrorist Enemies and Just War," by William T. Cavanaugh
"Just Peacemaking in an Age of Terrorism," by Glen H. Stassen
"Moral Equality among Soldiers," by Scott A. Sterling
"Restorative Justice," by Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz

The Pornographic Culture
"Sex and the City (of God)," by Todd L. Lake
"Turning Dimes into Dollars," by Rick Martinez
"Simpletons, Fools, and Mockers," by Jonathan R. Wilson
"Habit's Harsh Bondage," by Thomas D. Kennedy
"Erotic, but not Pornographic," by John Peck
"Reeducating Our Desires," by Susan Dolan-Henderson

Prayer
"Pray without Ceasing," by Paul J. Griffiths
"Learning to Pray," by Steven R. Harmon
"Not about Me," by Merold Westphal
"Sweet Hours of Prayer," by Ruth Haley Barton
"Praying for a Change," by Todd Edmondson

Prison
"Divine Justice as Restorative Justice," by Chris Marshall
"The Measure with which We Measure," by Andrew Skotnicki
"Restorative Justice: The New Way Forward," by Lisa M. Rea
"Sermons in a Swiss Prison," by John Thompson

Prophetic Ethics
"Would That All Were Prophets," by Tracey Mark Stout
"I Am About to Do a New Thing," by Carol J. Dempsey, O.P.
"Prophecy from the Sidelines," by Paul L. Redditt
"The Church: A Non-Prophet Organization?," by J. Randall O'Brien
"The Prophet as Storyteller," by Christina Bieber
"The Wild Goose," by Robert B. Kruschwitz

Racism
"The Persistent Problem," by Michael O. Emerson
"All the Families of the Earth Shall Be Blest," by Mikeal C. Parsons
"Gregory of Nyssa and the Culture of Oppression," by Kimberly Flint-Hamilton
"Christian Practices for the Journey Toward Shalom," by Victor Hinojosa
"Multiethnic Congregations," by Kathleen Garces-Foley
"Avoiding Racism in Starting New Congregations," by Damian Emetuche

Sabbath
"Sabbath, a 'Little Jubilee,'" by Richard H. Lowery
"The Eighth Day," by David B. Capes
"Praying with the Rhythms of Grace," by Judy Henderson Prather
"Changing Sunday Practices," by Jack Marcum
"Bowling on the Sabbath," by Blaine and Sarah McCormick

Schools in a Pluralist Culture
"Raising Resident Aliens," by Perry L. Glanzer
"What Teachers Love about Teaching," by Stephen H. Webb
"Listening in the Classroom," by Melissa Browning
"Schooling the Young into Goodness," by Darin H. Davis and Paul J. Wadell
"Teaching as a Christian Vocation," by Minori Nagahara

Sermon on the Mount
"Grace in the Sermon on the Mount," by Charles H. Talbert
"The Freedom of Obedience," by Bonnie Bowman Thurston
"With Ears to Hear," by Richard Ward
"The Beatitudes in the Desert," by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
"Jesus is for Losers," by Shane Claiborne

Singing Our Lives
"Why We Sing," by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
"Singing with the Psalter," by Michael Morgan
"Prophetic Music," by J. Nathan Corbitt
"Nurturing the Congregation's Voice," by C. David Bolin
"U2: Unexpected Prophets," by Steven R. Harmon

Sports
"Play On!," by Eric Miller
"Sports in the Christian Life," by Michael P. Kerrigan, C.S.P.
"The Grace of Neighborhood Baseball Parts," by Philip Bess
"Would Jesus Wear Face Paint?," by Geoff Bowden
"Upward Sports," by Jordan Cox

Suffering
"Power Made Perfect in Weakness," by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
"Suffering Servants," by Waldemar Janzen
"We Have Never Seen His Face," by Brett R. Dewey
"Healing Presence," by John Swinton
"My Father's Hands," by Pauline Brand Nelson

Virtual Lives
"Curiosity and Smartphones," by Douglas V. Henry
"Technological Prudence: What the Amish Can Teach Us" by Kevin D. Miller
"Faithful Criticism of Popular Media Technologies," by Robert H. Woods Jr. and Paul D. Patton
"Religious Authority in the Age of the Internet," by Heidi A. Campbell and Paul Emerson Teusner
"Making Moral Choices in Video Games," by J. Cameron Moore

Vocation
"The Meaning of Vocation," by A. J. Conyers
"Called Through Relationship," by Elizabeth Newman
"Investing Ourselves in the Divine Economy," by Lee Hardy
"Following Our Vocation in Organizations," by Gordon T. Smith
"The Dilbertization of Work," by Al Hsu
"Vocation Goes to the Movies," by Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner

Where Wisdom is Found
"Fear of the Lord," by Russell Reno
"The Christian Way of Knowing," by Jonathan R. Wilson
"The Wisdom of James," by Robert W. Wall
"Wisdom Transformed by Love," by Thomas S. Hibbs
"Sharing Wisdom as an Act of Love," by David Lyle Jeffrey

Women and the Church
"Recovering Discarded Images," by Kristina LaCelle-Peterson
"Female Preaching in Early Nineteenth-Century America," by Catherine A. Brekus
"Anne Dutton as a Spiritual Director," by Michael Sciretti
"The Triumph of the Eye," by Ralph C. Wood

Women in the Bible
"Redeeming Women in the Grand Narrative of Scripture," by Junia Pokrifka
"Who is Mary Magdalene?" by Mary Ann Beavis
"Women's Roles in the Letters to Timothy and Titus," by Mona Tokarek LaFosse
"Deborah's Daughters," by Joy A. Schroeder
"Women with Icons," by Jocelyn Mathewes