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August 2015

August 18, 2015

“God sent you here to make our family whole”: Growing up adopted in a Christian household

Larry Clow, editor of The Sound and author of a book about adoption and social...

July 2015

July 21, 2015

Talking Adoption: How Adoption Became a Christian “Trend”

The first in a series about the complicated trend of adoption in Christianity across denominations,...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

A Millennial Weighs in on the Pew Religious Landscape Study

America is not a “Christian nation.” It is a nation full of people who were...

May 08, 2015

One woman’s modern-day Anorexia Mirabilis

Anorexia mirabilis--miraculous anorexia--as experienced by a modern-day, non-Catholic woman.

May 05, 2015

We can’t help ourselves: What does it mean to be Catholic?

Eve Tushnet and I finish a three-part conversation on Catholicism from a former Catholic and...

May 01, 2015

White Christians a Minority in 19 States

In 19 US states, white Christians are a minority thanks to more "nones" and rising...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

We can’t help ourselves: Why a former Catholic and a current Catholic *don’t* like Catholicism

Eve Tushnet, a Catholic convert, and me, a lapsed Catholic, talk about why we *don't*...

April 21, 2015

We can’t help ourselves: Why a former Jewish agnostic and current progressive Christian still like Catholicism

Eve Tushnet, a former Jewish agnostic, and I talk about why, despite being morally and

April 17, 2015

The “Hidden Christians” of Japan

Random Christian fact of the day: the Kakure Kirishitan were secret Christians in Japan during...