The Christian Century

In America, we cherish the inalienable right to have things our way.

Those of us who sought to change the congregation's communion practice met with indifference. So late one Saturday I took matters into my own hands.

My friend the public defense attorney doesn't teach her clients to evade error. She helps them acknowledge it—and stop pretending.

What the people see in Jesus is more than raw power.

An eccentric existence is one where God forms the center of life, becoming the axle of our self-understanding.

After sharing laudatory remarks about Nai-Wang Kwok, the YDS dean invited him to respond. I have thought a lot about the three sentences Kwok said before he sat down again.

A tall stack of books on the floor of my bedroom greets me each morning. Its very presence is exhausting.

The traveler eats whatever food is placed before her; she aims to learn as much of the language as possible. A tourist sacrifices less.

I keep a 36-inch utility shovel in my church office. I use it to dig the graves that hold the cremains of our congregation's saints.