A conversation with dean and canon theologian Kelly Brown Douglas about anti-Blackness, just communities, Black Lives Matter, and more
hope
Epistles of hope for our time
Randal Jelks and Shaka Senghor both write with realism but not fatalism.
To affirm the truth of heaven is to fire our spiritual imaginations for this life.
We need to talk about climate change
Scientist Katharine Hayhoe recommends focusing on common ground and hope.
My task at funerals is to share the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
Hope without promise?
Thomas Gaulke constructs a “belief-fluid” theology of hope.
Approaching eco-theology with hope
Two new books on praying, caring, and acting for the earth
Why do we write and read poetry?
For both Paul Mariani and Mark Jarman, the mystery is theological.
Seeing Black people in scripture
Esau McCaulley’s book reclaims what the Black church has always known.
Lament and longing can be companions.
Danusha Laméris’s new book is filled with small kindnesses
A luminous poetry collection marked by joy and sorrow, humor and truth.
Living into the desired new creation is our work—and God’s promise.
Since my son’s accident, everything I understand about hope has changed.
In his response to John, Jesus speaks of hope in the present tense.
Hope, oppression, and Ta-Nehisi Coates
Can Christian hope survive the onslaught against black life?