Article The Suspended Beauty of the Cross In David Jones’s ‘Crucifixion,’ beauty and brutality are so interwoven that they stun us into silence. By E. R. Powell October 18, 2020 Arts Spirituality Theology
Article Bottles & Jars “When Mom asked me how I planned to use my vessels, I was vaguely offended. Wasn’t it enough that they were lovely, and that I had saved them?” By Jon Volkmer September 26, 2020 Environment Spirituality Web Exclusive
Article The Paradoxes of Enclosure The first in a series of three meditations on the art of David Jones, this essay probes the mystery of the Incarnation. By E. R. Powell September 4, 2020 Arts Theology Spirituality
Article Precious Protector Not unlike the pope after the collapse of the Papal States in the nineteenth century, the Dalai Lama now occupies a largely spiritual role. By Thomas Albert Howard September 2, 2020 Foreign Affairs Spirituality
Article Savers and Unloaders Physical objects carry meaning for us, but their accumulation can be a kind of spiritual error. Reconciling this contradiction leads us to richer, deeper lives. By Rand Richards Cooper August 20, 2020 Coronavirus Spirituality Fiction Web Exclusive
Article ‘Nameless Greatness’ Novelist Louise Erdrich’s latest book explores her Catholic and Ojibwe roots as it probes a painful period in recent Native American history. By Anthony Domestico August 7, 2020 Race Social Justice Spirituality Fiction Interview