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Audacious visions (Revelation 1:4b-8)

Nov 22, 2024 | christiancentury.org | T. Denise Anderson |Victoria Barnett |Jack Jenkins |Aleja Hertzler- McCain

To receive these posts by email each Monday, sign up. For more commentary on this week's readings, see the Reflections on the Lectionary page. For full-text access to all articles, subscribe to the Century. As a child, Harriet Tubman was regularly beaten by the people to whom she was hired. One time, she was struck in the head with a heavy metal weight, which led to a lifetime of debilitating headaches and seizures.
Lectionary essay for November 24 Reign of Christ B John 18 33 37

Nov 17, 2024 | christiancentury.org | Jack Jenkins |Aleja Hertzler- McCain |Brandon Ambrosino |T. Denise Anderson

In 1925, Pope Pius XI instituted the feast day of the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. To understand why he did this, we should consider what was happening in the world at the time. That year, Adolf Hitler had just published the first volume of Mein Kampf, which detailed his descent into antisemitism and his sinister designs for world domination.
Finding rest (Hebrews 10:11-25)

Nov 15, 2024 | christiancentury.org | T. Denise Anderson |Jack Jenkins |Aleja Hertzler- McCain |Brandon Ambrosino

To receive these posts by email each Monday, sign up. For more commentary on this week's readings, see the Reflections on the Lectionary page. For full-text access to all articles, subscribe to the Century. Poet Nayyirah Waheed writes these words: “all the women. / in me. / are tired.” This is one of those quotes that lives rent-free in my head.
Vietnamese followers of 'barefoot monk' question call for social media silence

Nov 15, 2024 | christiancentury.org | Jack Jenkins |Aleja Hertzler- McCain |Brandon Ambrosino |T. Denise Anderson

A Vietnamese man who became a social media sensation as he walked around the country promoting the virtues of an ascetic way of life, and earning the nickname the “barefoot monk,” has reappeared in public after disappearing four months ago.
Can scientists make a universe from nothing?

Nov 15, 2024 | christiancentury.org | Jack Jenkins |Aleja Hertzler- McCain |Brandon Ambrosino |T. Denise Anderson

Zeeya Merali is a science writer and author of A Big Bang in a Little Room. She also edits the Foundational Questions Institute website, where she blogs and cohosts a physics podcast. A version of this interview originally appeared in season two of the Century podcast In Search Of.Let’s start with this mind-blowing idea that scientists are trying to create a universe in a lab. What did you learn about it? They sound like supervillains, don’t they?
Stretched between life’s verses

Nov 11, 2024 | christiancentury.org | Jack Jenkins |Aleja Hertzler- McCain |Brandon Ambrosino |T. Denise Anderson

Augustine once described the difference between our experience of time and God’s experience as the feeling of being stretched between past, present, and future. He said time, for us, is like singing a song and being caught between recalling what we had sung, singing the words in the moment, and anticipating the words that will come. As I sit and write this I am anticipating a new season of life, changes that were always coming but were never quite present.
Why is the widow poor? (Mark 12:38-44)

Nov 8, 2024 | christiancentury.org | T. Denise Anderson |Jack Jenkins |Aleja Hertzler- McCain |Heidi Neumark

To receive these posts by email each Monday, sign up. For more commentary on this week's readings, see the Reflections on the Lectionary page. For full-text access to all articles, subscribe to the Century. Consider how often the Bible talks about widows, who were among the most vulnerable members of society. Theirs were the days before State Farm or Mutual of Omaha, before there would be insurance payouts to cover the bills in the event of your spouse’s death.
Lessons from the land of lake effect snow

Nov 7, 2024 | christiancentury.org | Jack Jenkins |Aleja Hertzler- McCain |Brandon Ambrosino |T. Denise Anderson

Three little words, “lake effect snow,” still evoke fear and trembling in me. Until I moved to Ithaca, New York, for graduate school, I had never heard the phrase. The individual words sound relatively benign. A lake is a beautiful body of water, certainly in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. And snow is perfect weather in the winter, conjuring up images of fireplaces and cozy nights at home. But lake effect snow means cooler atmospheric conditions and cold air masses.