American Decius
The Roman emperor staged a patriotic revival to win back the gods’ favor. The empire fell anyway.
Reading scripture with Augustine
The bishop of Hippo isn’t just for JD Vance and Mike Johnson—and Bible studies aren’t just for evangelicals.
Why I don’t like the label “progressive Christianity”
I’ve come to approach it with suspicion—for pastoral, political, and theological reasons.
Giving silence a seat at the virtual table
It’s one aspect of Christian life that can translate well to digital space.
A day of mourning each November
I have been asked more than once to participate in civic Thanksgiving services. And more than once, I’ve declined.
The rise and fall of children’s Sunday school
Faith formation isn’t dead. It’s happening outside the classroom.
The shelter of fabric
I gravitate toward Jesus’ instructions to provide food. I tend to gloss over the verses about clothing.
A farewell to snow
Louise Erdrich’s Future Home of the Living God reminds me how much we have to mourn as we enter a climate dystopia.
We are not living in a postcolonial world
Many church folk use the word decolonization while ignoring its only goal: returning Indigenous lands to Indigenous hands.
I still have a voice
After the election, I was worried about people being silenced. So I joined a choir.
Diane Glancy’s search for home
Glancy’s spirit is shaped as much by her exile from her tribe as by her ties to it.
On Native land
Land acknowledgments can do a lot of good—if they’re rooted in solid process and relationships.
What the stones have witnessed (Luke 19:28-40)
The biblical landscape is a stony one.