Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube History and literature are full of dramatic stories involving deathbed conversions and the administering of what is often called last rites. So perhaps it’s understandable that...
Does the anointing of the sick really heal people? | LaRyssa Herrington
On this episode of Glad You Asked, theologian LaRyssa D. Herrington talks to the hosts about the significance and purpose of this widely-misunderstood sacrament.
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Into the right hands
Environmental justice is about more than sustainability and eco-friendly choices—it’s about right relationship. The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration seek to restore broken relationships by returning a portion of the congregation’s land in Wisconsin to its rightful stewards, the Lac du Flambeau Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa.
BY LUIAN HUSKA
Mission field
Missionary work has a problematic history that is often connected with imperialism and colonialism. A framework of solidarity might offer a better template.
BY RENEE DARLINE RODEN
Not on call
An individualistic approach to life and fulfillment will always fall short of what God wants for us.
AN INTERVIEW WITH DAMON GARCIA
Strong, silent types
One of the most masculine virtues in the Bible could be better practiced by some men today: silence.
BY KEVIN BECK
When life takes a turn
God’s will for our lives becomes clear whenever and wherever we open our hearts.
BY REBA ELLIOTT
“As liberation theologians have told us, without the perspectives of the poor we cannot fulfill our call to mercy as a Christian community.”
Berit Reisenauer Guidotti
