Live not by a false sense of persecution
Rod Dreher’s Live Not By Lies is a damning testament to a religion without vision.
Books
Vincent van Gogh, Still Life With French Novels and Rose, oil on canvas, 1887.
Is preaching “all Jesus” or “all me”?
Jerusha Matsen Neal writes for preachers who stand in the messy middle.
What do fertility rates have to do with secularization?
A lot, says Philip Jenkins—but it’s not as simple as cause and effect.
The view from Rebekah Taussig’s wheelchair
Sitting Pretty showed me how much I have to learn about ableism.
Faith and work have long been torn apart
How can we stitch them together?
The solution to the fear of death is to live as dying creatures
Theologian Todd Billings grapples with scripture, philosophy, and his own incurable cancer.
The many voices of refugee experience
Kao Kalia Yang’s collective memoir conveys their diversity—and their singular humanity.
A history of the Pilgrims that neither idolizes nor demonizes them
Historian John Turner tells the story of Plymouth Colony with nuance and care.
What is “religious violence”?
We know what violence is, but what counts as religion?
A US son of Salvadoran parents explores his complex identity
Roberto Lovato’s harrowing memoir is a process of personal and collective unveiling.
Finding a way forward after the Tree of Life synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh
A collection of remembrances that bind the living and the dead
Why do we write and read poetry?
For both Paul Mariani and Mark Jarman, the mystery is theological.
Thinking better about autism
Grant Macaskill’s reflection on neurodiversity becomes a stimulus to renewal of faith.
The audacity to preach the gospel
Will Willimon tells preachers to put aside sentimentality.
Christian nationalism, reading the Bible in a pandemic, what to do about Whiteness, and more
