“But after the birth of our daughter . . . struggling for balance in our careers and adult lives and family responsibilities, I have come to understand both intimacy and marriage in new ways. Sometimes, intimacy isn’t closeness but distance.”

The sweet story of how Charlotte’s Web and spiders in the washing machine helped one mom talk with her 7-year-old about death, loss, and making the most of the time we have.

Remind yourself that a five year old is sixty months on this planet. Less than 2,000 days old. They’re still brand new people! No one has the right to whisper anything about college or careers to a child determined to conquer the monkey bars.

At My Exaggerated Life, a dad blog-meets-webcomic, a father shares stories about family life in comic form, often with a generous layer of dry humor.

Annie, a student and film photographer in the UK, publishes photos from a Black Lives Matter march in Liverpool in July 2016, triggered by the death of Mzee Mohammed, an 18-year-old black man who died in police custody. The images were shot using Kodak Ektar 100 film.

With striking images from a recent demonstration in Cologne, Germany, photojournalist Benas Gerdziunas offers a glimpse into the dynamic — and politically divided — Turkish diaspora in Germany.

“What we do with our bodies manifests and expresses inner states, the sacred ground of our being. But bodily practices can also induce inner states. How we move, how we sit, how we breathe, can all make a difference in our spiritual life.”

An online journal on religion and politics, Approaching Justice brings together writers and thinkers who try to make sense of modern American life through the lens of faith and ethics.