Life of Faith
Living and leading from our mortality
“Yearning for life is a part of what it means to be human.”
An evangelical Christian argument for reparations
Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson want to talk about theft.
A psalm of waiting as the pandemic continues
All plans feel like grass withering in the sun these days.
God’s nose
When COVID took my sense of smell, I was drawn to the Bible’s description of God’s.
Elle Dowd’s firsthand account of the Ferguson uprising
A memoir of a White moderate’s repentance
Ways to walk
There’s something sacred in choosing to love the world at the speed of walking.
Sinéad O’Connor knows exactly who she is
Rememberings is the story of a pop star, protest singer, and prophet.
Climate change is a symptom of deeper planetary dysfunction
Five ideas for treating the greater disease
I walked across Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge and saw a synagogue
Visiting Temple Mishkan Israel
Jesus the poet
We are invited to bring the rich resources of our senses and imaginations into the realm of faith.
My pandemic obsession with workplace comedies
Mythic Quest and Call My Agent have me feeling nostalgic for annoying colleagues and pointless meetings.
What if forgiveness were unthinkable?
Paul Kahn’s memoir of his family is a cautionary mirror for our cultural moment.
Judaism scholar Susannah Heschel on her father’s legacy
“How does a political gesture become a moment of prayer?”
Author Walter Wangerin’s many lives and words
Those of us who worked with him sometimes suspected he had cloned himself.
A father and his dying daughter came to see me. They wanted different things.
Sometimes truth is better than comfort.
From Dante to Tina Fey, a romp through history with Jesus’ Beatitudes
Blessed are those who read this wise and lovely book.
My hospice nurse’s horse
The mare pulled the meniscus in her knee. This left my nurse with a tough choice.
When goodness is also lovely
The New Testament has two words for “good.” Knowing the difference between them can help us build a better society.