cancer
Dear God, you can do better
Two Episcopal priests tell God exactly how they feel about being seriously ill.
OncoMouse and me
A genetically engineered animal helped me rethink the imago Dei. It might also save my life.
Memoir of a pastor’s husband
Washed Ashore is, at its heart, about a man growing up while raising children.
Pastors, like everyone else, need paid family and medical leave
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I was shocked to find I had no paid leave or legal job protection.
Anya Silver’s heart-wrenchingly beautiful last poems
Saint Agnostica is a chronicle of grief, love, and mystery.
Kate Bowler finds good news in hard truths
No Cure for Being Human offers a model for negotiating suffering with honesty.
Walking a labyrinth as I prepared for more chemo
I held ten stones. My friend held two more.
The miracles of Julie Yip-Williams’s life and death
A cancer memoir about a life sustained by improbable events
Immunotherapy’s believers and skeptics
Some scientists couldn’t quite explain what they were seeing. Others literally couldn’t believe it.
When illness undoes us
Deanna Thompson's book about cancer takes us where we don't want to go but must.
How a doctor finds hope at a Jerusalem hospital
Pediatric oncologist Elisha Waldman explores a city's complexities as he reflects on his patients' spiritual needs.
Kate Bowler faces off against cancer and bad theology
Bowler’s memoir honestly confronts the pervasive idea that we get what we deserve.
Dying—and living—with breast cancer
Nina Riggs's love of the world shines through her memoir, even as the ground shifts beneath her.
The grace of real and virtual presence
Theologian Deanna Thompson used to criticize the pervasive technological creep overtaking our lives. Then she was diagnosed with cancer.
Answers without questions
Reading Steve and Sharol Hayner's cancer story, I found myself taking on the role of Job's adversary.
A game you can’t win
That Dragon, Cancer is a unique video game: it offers us the experience of our powerlessness.