community

Travis Pickell explores the moral burden placed on those who face end-of-life medical decisions but lack communal support.

Austin Channing Brown writes with honesty and tenderness about exhaustion, community, and the struggle to remain whole.

When we substitute personal interest for the public good, trust begins to disappear in our society.

Jason Mott’s wildly inventive novel depicts two Black American writers, an ocean apart. It’s up to the reader to decide how they’re related.

“Suicide happens because of loss of hope and loss of social connection,” says Michelle Snyder of Soul Shop. “What if we became a church where no one loses hope and no one is alone?”

Lately I’ve been feeling the same emotions I felt when I deconstructed my evangelical faith.

After the election, I was worried about people being silenced. So I joined a choir.

Theologian Norman Wirzba’s account of hope is compelling precisely because it is so grounded in harsh reality.

Educator and activist Kim Samuel calls readers to recognize the gift (and necessity) of one another.

Both Apple’s “Crush” ad and Catholic Answers’ AI priest alarmed people. There’s some hope in that reaction.

On a Copenhagen street, emergency responders and passersby formed a spontaneous community.

Henry Grabar makes the case that in nearly any realm, from the environment to the economy, justice starts with parking reform.

Religion scholar Molly Farneth shows how rituals—both civic and religious—change us and the societies we live in.

In a sense, I am asking my parishioners the same thing John Wesley asked: Are you going on?

Social media movements fade. Survivors of sexual assault and harassment need living communities.

An ethicist, a pastor, and two podcasters weigh in.

Grace Olmstead has written a reverent ode to those who stick around.

Michael Sandel considers some alternatives.

I experience God through the embodied community of faith—and I miss it.

In the Netflix reboot, 12-year-old girls model collaborative leadership.