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I don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus
I experience God through the embodied community of faith—and I miss it.
Sexual assault is a public health issue
Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan’s study of agency, consent, and sex on college campuses
How do we know Black lives matter to God?
I used to wonder about the propriety of faith in a White Jesus. Now I struggle with the efficacy of faith at all.
When the wildfires came to my house, I remembered the garden of Eden
Here in Oregon, the consequences of our actions are burning all around us.
Can the religious left be as effective in Washington as it’s been on the streets?
Jack Jenkins’s book is informative and persuasive, if not exactly unbiased.
October 25, 30A (Matthew 22:34-46)
Jesus teaches us to always aim for the center. And repeat.
What Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination doesn’t mean
Don’t bother looking for the political significance of the Supreme Court nominee’s Catholicism. There isn’t any.
Episode 81: Summer pandemic movie roundup
Matt and Adam talk about what they watched over their summer break
Movement: Essays by readers
We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “movement.”
Our complaint and God’s provision (Exodus 17:1-7; 26A)
The “promised land” is whatever is on the other side of this coronavirus.
I May Destroy You takes us on a quest for wholeness
As Arabella struggles to remember the night she was assaulted, other memories emerge as well.
Michael Cohen’s tell-all about Trump is mostly about himself
The moral lessons of his humiliation and imprisonment seem fairly limited.
Trump’s eviction moratorium doesn’t help tenants pay their rent or landlords pay their mortgages
A real solution would require a large infusion of cash.
The artist at the end of the world
Scott Russell Sanders’s essays balance ecological despair with the promise of human creativity.
The way we build our cities is racist
American buildings, streets, and neighborhoods don’t just host oppression—they embody it.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg saw the biblical Deborah as a role model
When I asked her why, she talked about another role model: Pauli Murray.
Four ways faith leaders can shift to trauma-informed ministry
When everyone is traumatized, caregiving takes on new dimensions.
October 18, 29A (Exodus 33:12-23)
Moses has never been one to keep his mouth shut.
The pandemic didn’t make our food system vulnerable
It always has been—because vulnerability is part of creation.