Genesis 1

Experience, reading, and the daily rounds of farm work taught Wendell that scripture is correct: Every creature and every inch of earth is made and approved by God.

Experience, reading, and the daily rounds of farm work taught Wendell that scripture is correct: Every creature and every inch of earth is made and approved by God.

There is nothing in us that is not also in earth, sun, stars, and everything composed of matter.

There is nothing in us that is not also in earth, sun, stars, and everything composed of matter.

The ultrarich are planning their exit from a dying planet. Christian apocalyptic theology has a different ending in mind.

The creation story gives us a glimpse of the nature of God whom we name as the Holy Trinity.

I am more and more convinced that trans people’s gender multiplicity will point us to our collective liberation.

I am more and more convinced that trans people’s gender multiplicity will point us to our collective liberation.

Living in the liturgical present makes salvation a story about us, not just the past.

Living in the liturgical present makes salvation a story about us, not just the past.

The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one of them.

The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one of them.

The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one of them.

Julie Faith Parker reads the Bible without guilt or shame, leading readers toward a healthier way of relating to scripture.

Julie Faith Parker reads the Bible without guilt or shame, leading readers toward a healthier way of relating to scripture.

Our origin in dirt can teach us humility. But what if it also bears the divine image?

At Holden Village, a Lutheran retreat center nestled deep in the Cascades, I asked my students to consider their vocation in light of the Anthropocene.

We have become a society of people who cannot prevent our own children from being killed in their classrooms—and who do not much mind the killing of other people’s children by weapons of war.