The Christian Century

We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: "silence."

I love the Del Parson Jesus. But it's the Monkey Jesus I need now.

The thin cannot say to the fat, "I have no need of you."

Shouting against injustice is harder than lamenting it from afar. But it gets easier.

Turned toward one another in worship, we experience the grace of God's gaze.

Struggling with whether to abandon my Korean name made me think about the queerness in all of our identities.

The Jesuit archives in Rome didn't know if they had the document. But they said I could come look for it.

Thirty years later my petty crime came back to haunt me.

I routinely saw patients who were racist, sexist, demanding, and cruel. They were also afraid, exhausted, in pain, and helpless.

We embrace uninitiated visitors, rowdy children, and blue jeans. Why not tears?