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Announcing: The Duke Crux X UVA Bearings 2021 Advent Series!
Advent is a time when Christians celebrate and anticipate the coming of our Savior, Jesus. This Advent season, Duke Crux will be collaborating with UVA Bearings, a fellow member organization of the Augustine Collective, to produce The Duke Crux X UVA Bearings 2021 Advent Series. This series will explore topics at the intersection of Christianity…
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Who in the World are Evangelicals?
BY ADEJUWON OJEBUOBOH The mellow brick of Durham’s American Tobacco Historic District soaked in the sunlight on one recent beautifully lit Sunday morning. A science lab, Duke’s finance office, and a quaint café lay neatly tucked together as the sun beamed off a snowy-colored water tower. Beneath it, a cluster of masked people exploded in…
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Unfolded Hands
BY ANDREW RAINES Ekphrasis on “The Dream of the Virgin” by Simone dei Crocefissi (1355 – 1399) Already he stretches out his small hands as if to welcome the nails that are his His soft palms receptive and waiting for sharp friends made just for them Casting aside the magi’s gifts to make space ready…
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Sustaina[Bi]ble
BY RAFAELA DE OLIVEIRA As a Christian, I believe the Bible—in all its complexity—is true, and, therefore, I “trust it as a guide to faith and life.”1 In the past couple years, I’ve learned to draw on scripture beyond what I’ve seen or heard within the Church. This happened as I began to understand that…
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Easter
BY ANDREW RAINES Thank you for walking the Lenten road with us from Ash Wednesday until this glorious new morning. It’s been our honor to share our meditations and prayers with you. We close with the words of a fourth-century bishop. Every Easter, Orthodox Christians hear this sermon by St. John Chrysostom read during morning…
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Two Thieves
This piece is part of syndicated series in collaboration with Yale Logos for Lent 2021. You can read the original piece at https://www.yalelogos.com/home/two-thieves. BY JOHN DAOUD Lent calls us to improve and deepen our relationship with the Lord in many ways. One such way is through an examination of his Passion. I have recently been…