A heart broken open
When the teenager stepped into the pulpit, her IV pump slung over her shoulder, the congregation grew quiet.
Books
A poetic search for belief
The power of covenant and courage
The criminalized apostles
The lived religion of restorative justice
In This Issue
A poetic search for belief
A heart broken open
The power of covenant and courage
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The responsibility of care (Psalm 8)
A poetic search for belief
Voices
Julian DeShazier
Knowledge is not enough
Patience, kindness, and love are far more valuable to the formation of our faith communities.
Phil Christman
Reviled for Jesus’ sake
One of the clearest ways God says yes to Christians is when unjust authorities hate us.
Rachel Mann
In times of fear, I return to Julian of Norwich
The medieval mystic offers challenging words for desperate times.
Alejandra Oliva
Longing for faith with Marilynne Robinson
Her essays present a Christianity that sits comfortably with mystery, that reaches out to neighbors as well as up toward God.
Isaac S. Villegas
Walking Palestinian children to school
The Israeli government’s expansion of its warfare into the West Bank has me thinking about my time there almost a decade ago.
Stephanie Perdew
We are not living in a postcolonial world
Many church folk use the word decolonization while ignoring its only goal: returning Indigenous lands to Indigenous hands.