Life of Faith
Masks hide us—and shape us
When extremists don disguises and terrorize others, they also do grave moral damage to themselves.
An NGO’s complex ethics
Journalist Ross Halperin tells the story of two friends whose work in Honduras finds them bearing the high costs of discipleship.
In love with a fantasy
Amanda McCracken thought she’d been unlucky in love. Instead she’d been faithful to the idea of longing itself.
Beauty and how to see it
Reading Van Gogh’s letters has helped me uncover a deeper, more textured theological understanding.
Wendell Berry’s vision of a sacred world
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.
Lessons from the group chat
What makes these friendships so special—and the distance so hard—is the deep sense that we are called to be witnesses to each other’s lives.
Dolly’s theology was love
There was a fabulously DIY quality to Dolly Parton’s faith.
Facing the world with Edith Stein
How do we get through the darkest of nights? For Stein, the answer is clear and unwavering: We uphold God’s truth, always.
A desert gospel in San Francisco
In Mark’s wilderness and in my city, life emerges in unexpected ways.
All we may become
We’re constantly in the process of growing into something more than we are today.
What the border wall does
I went to Tijuana with a group of US Christians to confront the theology embodied by a steel barrier three stories tall.
Citizenship by fiat
Political belonging isn’t naturally grounded in land, ancestry, or anything else. It is based on decisions that governments make and continually revise.
A feast day for the whole church
“The Feast of Creation in Christ names our need to celebrate God’s saving work in creation,” says liturgical theologian Kimberly Belcher, “and to do so together.”
My dying best friend’s wedding
She collapsed on the sidewalk the night of my wedding. Eighteen months later, I stood by her hospital bed and offered to plan hers.
The future of dying?
Physician-assisted suicide is morally complex. For Christians, it requires wrestling theologically with concepts like suffering, autonomy, and dignity.