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The priesthood of all chatbots?
I’m sure there are good uses for AI in our churches. Prayer and preaching aren’t among them.
Post-truth Christians
I was taught to stay on guard against the left’s postmodernism. Now it’s the right that seems unwilling to look truth directly in the face.
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The fish wars
The Boldt Decision wasn’t just about salmon. It was about broken treaties and tribal sovereignty.
Shiny happy confrontations
The second season of Shiny Happy People reminds me of my year as a Teen Mania intern—and our efforts to become the standard of holiness for the world.
The rise and fall of children’s Sunday school
Faith formation isn’t dead. It’s happening outside the classroom.
August 17, Ordinary 20C (Luke 12:49-56)
Luke usually tones down the apocalyptic intensity we encounter in Matthew and Mark. Not here.
Things unseen (Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16)
There is much more to Hebrews 11 than a definition of faith and a litany of Bible stories.
Rehearsing for the revolution
The No Kings protests made their politics real to everyone who watched—including the state.
Sola natura
Richard Higgins offers a remarkably full account of Henry David Thoreau’s ever-evolving faith.
How I became religiously multiple
I’m on a personal journey into Buddhist–Christian belonging.
A diary of small apocalypses
In Charlotte Wood’s novel, an atheist is driven by climate despair to an isolated convent, where she grapples with layers of grief.
The shelter of fabric
I gravitate toward Jesus’ instructions to provide food. I tend to gloss over the verses about clothing.