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The Cost of Giving
A philanthropy professional on why generosity can be complicated—and how to cut through the red tape. By Sharon Rajadurai
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Join the Revolution
When we call beauty unnecessary or self-indulgent, we’re limiting the scope of love. By Katy Carl
Brian Prugh, Luigi [Giussani], 2023, cut and layered tulle fabric sewn onto paper ground, 14 x 11 inches. Photographed in a handmade frame sitting on the artist's boat.
“This Great Treasure of Dreams and Inner Life”
An artist looks beyond mere technical achievement to ground artistic vocation in the lifelong journey of faith. By Brian Prugh
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Homo Ex Machina
We put attention at the center of AI—now we have to attend to who we are in the face of what we’ve made. By Joshua Rio-Ross
Close Your Eyes
Our capacity for attention slips and slides and is at all times imperfect, but God’s gaze on us never wavers. By Alice Courtright
Lingering in the World
Reconceptualizing attention through the metaphor of touch can deepen our experience of it—not just as a sharpening of vision, but as an immersion in that to which we attend. By Asher Gelzer-Govatos
Sealed Rooms of the Past
A new theory of how to understand time, first proposed by Einstein, offers a way to honor the worth and importance of a universe and timeline too vast for our attention. By Stephen Case
Peace and Plowshares
The picture of peace in Isaiah 2 is one in which the possibility of self-defense is eliminated. It’s a commitment to peace so unrelenting that those who seek it burn their ships and leave themselves without the option of retaliation.
The Road to Advent
During Advent, apocalyptic literature can reveal to us the depths of darkness and of hope.