Community development is about hope. And hope is contagious.

Rowan Williams on Bible translations.

An excerpt from Roger Angell, the best baseball writer there is.

Fleming Rutledge on the communion of saints.

Frederick Buechner on the mystery of joy.

Joseph Frazier on visiting Óscar Romero’s apartment in El Salvador.

James Cone on black religion and human dignity.

In praise of people in spandex, sort of.

Per tradition, my favorites of the year.

Fleming Rutledge on the Advent-like lives of Christians.

It’s true. I wrote a children’s book!

Christian Wiman on callings and reluctance.

John McPhee on breaking through the mental gridlock.

Remembering the life and work of Eugene Hoiland Peterson.

Eugene Peterson and the psalmist on “lying lips and flattering tongues.”

John McPhee on the importance of experimenting.

My review of David Callahan’s The Givers.

A few words about In Pursuit of Justice by James Skillen.

James Skillen on what it means to be made in the image of God.

A few words on Chad Broughton’s book on the new economy.