The Christian Century

Prayer is ministry, and ministry is prayer.

Maybe Jesus’ tears at Bethany come from more than grief.

What does it take for people to get mobilized for the common good?

Financial stress is harming ministers—some more than others.

In Torah, the stranger appears as a guest to be welcomed, not a problem to be solved.

Why do we forgive him so much more easily than migrants today?

A little-known O’Connor story explores the human cost of self-deception.

The separate spheres of our lives, and the imagination it takes to forge deeper community

Like good cooking, good preaching is local, idiosyncratic, and diverse.

Enemies are real. They are also closer to us than we may care to imagine.

How my attraction to other religions deepened my love of my own

Womanist theology proclaims a future beyond the strongholds of racism, sexism, and injustice.

Maybe Christian Realism is the best option we have today.

Can Christianity make universal claims without being exclusivist?

I posed this question to the students in my sexual ethics class.