Featured

Medieval illustration of a knight in armor on horseback jousting a snail, surrounded by floral designs.
Hating Sinners
Love the sinner, hate the sin? The trouble is, that’s not how hatred works.
Mary Townsend
Essay
Walls behind Bars
Two friends risk defying a racist prison culture.
Antoine E. Davis
Aaron Olson
Dispatch
Profile of a woman with dark hair and a coat, overlaid with a translucent image of autumn leaves.
My Mind, My Enemy
When mental illness struck, my mind became my enemy. Would I battle it, or learn to love it?
Sarah Clarkson
Personal History
Two people walking in desert wearing protective gear carrying tools and a bucket on marked dry ground.
Demining the Sahara
Meet the Saharawi women replacing landmines with trees.
Maria Novella De Luca
Alice Pistolesi
Monica Pelliccia
Portfolio
Religious mosaic with figures in robes raising hands under arches with mountains in the background.
Just Doing What Christians Do
Forgiving beheaders, praying for enemies – it’s a daily reality for Coptic Christians.
Archbishop Angaelos
Interview

From the Editor

Group of men in traditional robes and head coverings in a dimly lit room with menorahs on the walls.
Tough Love on the Mount
Who were those enemies Jesus expected his oppressed listeners to love?
Timothy J. Keiderling
Editorial

Insights

Four diverse people in a serious discussion, with varied expressions and colorful halftone effects.
Students Brave the Heat
Conflict can be fruitful when students don’t just debate, but listen to one another.
Leah Libresco Sargeant
Essay
Painting of a person holding a lit candle against a blue, cloudy sky with dark buildings below.
The Witching Hour
We start the day intentionally and prayerfully, but all bets are off after five o’clock p.m.
Kathleen A Mulhern
Essay
Abstract painting with swirling blue, orange, red, and green brush strokes creating dynamic shapes.
Enemy Lovers
Five historical figures respond to real enemies.
Saint John Chrysostom
Etty Hillesum
Martin Luther King Jr
Thich Nhat Hanh
Christian de Cherge
Reading
Illustration of people with umbrellas in rain, one shows a red heart on visible ribs.
How God Sees Us
We must learn to see the divine worth in everyone regardless of how they treat us.
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt
Reading
Sepia photo of a man painting a wooden fence outdoors in a rural area with trees in the background.
Macedonia Morning
A decade before the protest movements of the sixties, Staughton Lynd and other visionaries were laying a foundation in the hills of Georgia.
Dana Wiser
Lives
Older bald man in glasses and gray blazer sitting on a bench by a tree on an empty street.
Tim Keller: New York’s Pastor
The quintessential Manhattan pastor held the door open to everyone.
Susannah Black Roberts
Lives

Web Exclusives

Ornate vaulted ceiling with golden mosaic depicting religious figures and arches with columns below.
Visions of the Kingdom
Around the world and throughout its history, church architecture has sought to portray the New Jerusalem.
Roberta Green Ahmanson
Do Activists Need Enemies?
Saul Alinsky advises demonizing the opposition. Is there a better way?
Vincent W. Lloyd
Woman wearing a white cap and floral jacket stands with a group holding posters in an outdoor setting.
The Making of Martyrs
Recent assassinations of women leading environmental and land reform movements in Honduras have galvanized a people with a long history of martyrdom.
Robert Donnelly

Arts & Letters

Painting of a person reading a book with closed eyes and a hand reaching toward them from above.
What Is Time For?
Everyone is too busy. How would we spend our time if we weren’t?
Zena Hitz
Essay
Large bird with outstretched wings gliding over water with a focused gaze and brown and white feathers.
Poem: “Lammergeier”
Riding a thermal ever higher / With its clutched prize.
Stephen Edgar
Poetry
Sunset view over a city skyline with a body of water and small boats in the foreground.
Poem: “South Head, a Wild Surmise”
The cliff face dropping sheer into the sea, / With its plosive dowse / Of surge and foam
Stephen Edgar
Poetry
Wetland area with water lilies and scattered trees reflected on calm water under a partly cloudy sky.
Poem: “World Within”
A lake of waterlilies, spread / At the day’s heart, to keep the day.
Stephen Edgar
Poetry