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Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks for Issue 36: Devotion in Practice By Editor-in-Chief Sarah Clark
Laboring in the Fields of God
Christianity teaches that followers of Christ become members of God’s family, a relationship that transforms in turn our relationship to the world—and to the work we do every day. By R. J. Snell
The Bible App Tells Me So
What if in fixating on the risk technology poses to our faith, we risk overlooking its potential to strengthen our faith? By Allison MacLeod
De-Instrumentalizing Liturgy
The ritual of the church’s liturgy is not just the means to the end of optimizing spiritual experience; it is itself the God-glorifying end of worship. By Collin Slowey
A Pure Floating of Dark Habits
Worshipping alongside communities of nuns offers a reprieve from devotional practices weighed down by obligation, and invites a new perspective on the Church as the bride of Christ. By Elizabeth Hansen
Perfection
It turns out the search for a perfect life, as mediated by social media, isn’t entirely new. Review by Matthew Pullar
What Are Children For?
A recent book explores our modern ambivalence towards childbearing. Review by Anna Heetderks
Till We Have Built Jerusalem
Urban planning should celebrate and magnify the best of humankind. America’s post-war sprawl does the opposite, by fragmenting communities and exacerbating injustice. Review by Nathan Gale