https://www.christiancentury.org/ The latest articles from the Christian Century en https://www.christiancentury.org/sunday-s-coming/good-friday-dueholm To receive these posts by email each Monday, sign up. For more commentary on this week's readings, see the Reflections on the Lectionary page. For full-text access to all articles, subscribe to the Century. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:00:00 CDT Benjamin J. Dueholm https://www.christiancentury.org/45068 https://www.christiancentury.org/books/marjorie-maddox-s-vital-disquiet RW-REPLACE-TOKEN Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:01:00 CDT Simona Chitescu Weik https://www.christiancentury.org/44990 https://www.christiancentury.org/editors/president-s-brokenness One of the stark divides in American culture is how we frame problems and assign blame: to individuals, their character and choices? Or to systemic issues within institutions, movements, and communities? In Christian contexts this comes up in our language around sin, in the distinction between personal brokenness and collective or structural evil. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:01:00 CDT https://www.christiancentury.org/45073 https://www.christiancentury.org/books/death-work RW-REPLACE-TOKEN Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:52:26 CDT Patrick Tugwell https://www.christiancentury.org/45047 https://www.christiancentury.org/sunday-s-coming/maundy-thursday-dueholm To receive these posts by email each Monday, sign up. For more commentary on this week's readings, see the Reflections on the Lectionary page. For full-text access to all articles, subscribe to the Century. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:00:00 CDT Benjamin J. Dueholm https://www.christiancentury.org/45067 https://www.christiancentury.org/features/etched-flesh Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:01:00 CDT Adam Toler https://www.christiancentury.org/44989 https://www.christiancentury.org/news/israel-apologizes-after-barring-cardinal-holy-sepulchre-palm-sunday Following outcry from political and religious leaders for barring Catholic leaders in the Holy Land from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday, Israeli authorities apologized and gave them permission to worship at the church, one of Christianity’s holiest sites. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:16:56 CDT Claire Giangravé https://www.christiancentury.org/45093 https://www.christiancentury.org/news/church-leaders-decry-closing-church-holy-sepulchre For the first time in centuries, on March 29, Catholics in Jerusalem were prevented from celebrating the Palm Sunday mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Israeli Police prevented Pierbattista Pizzaballa, head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, and Francesco Ielpo, the official guardian of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, from entering the church as they made their way to celebrate mass. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:00:30 CDT World Council of Churches https://www.christiancentury.org/45092 https://www.christiancentury.org/online-columnists/there-no-holy-war As missiles rained down on Tehran on February 28th, prominent evangelical Jack Graham tweeted: “May God give our military total victory as we liberate the Persian people and end decades of oppression and terror in the region… This is a just war and a noble operation.” Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:18:12 CDT Michael Woolf https://www.christiancentury.org/45070 https://www.christiancentury.org/lectionary/april-5-easter-1a-jeremiah-31-1-6-matthew-28-1-10 This passage from Jeremiah uses theological poetry to highlight how God has provided for ancient Israel’s survival. It invokes three exile stories: the time of enslavement in Egypt, resolved by exodus into the wilderness; the fall and exile of the Northern Kingdom to Assyria in 722 BCE; and the Babylonian exile of 598–539 BCE. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:01:00 CDT Lisa M. Wolfe https://www.christiancentury.org/44987