Each of my dyings
I’m in a stage of life where I find myself praying the same prayer again and again.
Why and how I believe in miracles
I don’t struggle with their plausibility. I do struggle with their consequences.
Jesus is the question
He might be the answer, too. But he doesn’t offer much in the way of tweetable platitudes.
Reclaiming the E word
Evangelism has become a dirty word among progressive Christians. But don’t we have good news to share?
The feeling I no longer pray for
One of the reasons I left my childhood faith tradition is that I didn’t feel what I was supposed to feel.
A theology of heaven for our time
To affirm the truth of heaven is to fire our spiritual imaginations for this life.
God-as-parent is a radical metaphor
It’s not possible to parent without experiencing risk, weakness, pain, and transformation.
We need a more robust theology of holy delight
Christianity is not only about pain and death. It’s about life and joy.
Jesus the poet
We are invited to bring the rich resources of our senses and imaginations into the realm of faith.
“Why didn’t Jesus come as a woman?” asked my daughter
I didn’t know how to answer, but I do know that the gendering of God has real-world consequences.
I don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus
I experience God through the embodied community of faith—and I miss it.
What does it mean to worship an all-powerful God?
These times call into question the nature and morality of power.