Brian Bantum
Can inclusive churches grow and thrive?
When my spouse’s church became more affirming, the major givers left.
Can inclusive churches grow and thrive?
When my spouse’s church became more affirming, the major givers left.
Religiously fluid
Like a lot of Christian millennials, I don’t need Christianity to be everything for me.
My son the PK said no to baptism
For now, anyway. After our discernment together, I consider this a success.
William Guthrie’s weird Christianity
The rector of St. Mark’s in-the-Bowery brought the church into relationship with the Greenwich Village avant-garde of the 1920s.
Speaking of death
Christians have an opportunity to eschew euphemisms and talk honestly about mortality.
Bearing the scars
Years ago, at a barbecue in Argentina, I realized I was the only person present who wasn’t a survivor of torture.
Movement of the soul
Justin Peck’s choreography takes the language of ballet and turns it into something more.
Showing up for church when I don’t want to
When I show up, God shows up—although not always in the sermon.
A deeper legacy than hard work
The psalms of ascent press hard against the norms of our bootstrap culture.
One person’s self-made hell
Recently I attended the trial of a woman accused of killing a college student in a hit and run.
Speaking in two tongues
Growing up bilingual primed me to see the gifts offered at Babel and Pentecost.
How might God bless a divided America?
On a recent trip to the US, I went to church—and found myself pondering three liturgical moments.
Speaking in two tongues
Religiously fluid
My son the PK said no to baptism
One person’s self-made hell
Movement of the soul
How might God bless a divided America?
A deeper legacy than hard work
Why I came back to the lectionary
Bearing the scars
Can inclusive churches grow and thrive?
William Guthrie’s weird Christianity
Annie Dillard in spring
Days of wanting
Showing up for church when I don’t want to
Speaking of death
Spending Lent with people in recovery
Faith, hope, love, and AI