Life of Faith
Praying the imprecatory psalms with Bonhoeffer
How did these psalms about enemies feel in 1940? How do they feel today?
Episode 52: Brandan Robertson, influencer and author of Filled to Be Emptied
A conversation with Brandan Robertson about privilege, discipleship, kenosis, and more.
Confounding words
In the gospels, sometimes Jesus responds to questions much like the young Bob Dylan did in interviews.
The prison writings of Alexei Navalny
Patriot is a posthumous memoir of resistance to Putin. It is also, at its core, a love story.
The Kirk assassination and the scandal of enemy love
The kind of love Jesus taught may not be popular. But the alternative has already shown its rotten fruit.
In prison, Satan is real
I’ve heard incarcerated women preach about a power that demands renunciation.
A growing landscape of religious trauma
The conversation around abuse in religious contexts is intense, varied, and getting bigger.
Ride on
It’s tempting to flee the monotony of daily life. But there’s value in staying committed.
Teresa of Ávila speaks again
In a striking new translation, Dana Delibovi revives the wit, wisdom, and beauty of Teresa’s poetry.
My artificial chaplains
While recovering from a hiking accident, I posed the same theological question to multiple AI spiritual counselors.
Shiny happy confrontations
The second season of Shiny Happy People reminds me of my year as a Teen Mania intern—and our efforts to become the standard of holiness for the world.
How I became religiously multiple
I’m on a personal journey into Buddhist–Christian belonging.
The shelter of fabric
I gravitate toward Jesus’ instructions to provide food. I tend to gloss over the verses about clothing.
Tenderness under pressure
I want to be a gentle parent. In our culture, this often feels out of reach.
Why make things?
I couldn’t afford a nice bookshelf, and I couldn’t bring myself to buy a cheap one. So I headed to the hardware store.
The apology deficit
Ours is an era of cultivated transgressiveness, in which leaders vice signal their lack of interest in apologizing when they’re wrong.
The case for being a killjoy
We may be reluctant to say anything that sounds puritanical. But our private morality really does matter.