Faith

Amy Newman’s new collection is less a theodicy and more an apology, a defense of life in the face of imperfection.

It takes courage to plunge our hands smack-dab into the side of the universe and reach for a God that could be real.

Meredith Miller uses the metaphor of a spiderweb to offer Christian parents and caregivers a new paradigm.

Hope and change mean something different to me now than they did in 2009.

Like Paul, Spencer Reece has journeyed to see what he would suffer as a servant of Christ.

Faith is a way of life that acquires its layers and contours incrementally, often imperceptibly.

She can (and will) do anything with this English language she so clearly loves.

Donovan Schaefer sets out to correct the misrepresentation of secularity as the realm of pure reason.

In Jon Fosse’s Septology, a tragic vision of faith shines with a luminous darkness.

Everything I learn about science fills me with spiritual wonder.  

The cracks in my faith came slow, like when plants grow under concrete.

It’s possible to stop believing, but we can’t live without trust.

Jesus doesn’t seem to think so.

Cavan Concannon believes that the apostle’s writings belong in the latrine.

The popular blogger speaks to the pain of Christians who are disappointed with the failures of the church.

The heroine of Claire Luchette’s novel realizes she became a nun to avoid being herself.

Like all of her work, her posthumous book is warm, wise, and intimate.

Christian Smith and Amy Adamczyk’s sociological study offers some clues.

The Greek word for faith, pistis, isn’t about assenting to beliefs. It’s about trust.

Brian McLaren says religious doubt isn't the death of faith. It's the birth of faith beyond belief.