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Metaphors for the spiritual life
I have been an onion peeler and an excavator. I hope God will form me into a bridge.
The brine of Christianity
I don’t go to church anymore, but the faith I was pickled in still shapes me.
Hunt: Essays by readers
We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “Hunt.”
Deconstructed, reimagined faith
Five ways I see a new generation reorienting its Christianity
The roots of my deconstruction
The cracks in my faith came slow, like when plants grow under concrete.
by Brian Bantum
The feeling I no longer pray for
One of the reasons I left my childhood faith tradition is that I didn’t feel what I was supposed to feel.
by Debie Thomas
How some churches fail to provide a lifeline
Tiffany Brooks offers much more than just another exvangelical anger manual.
by Emily McGinley
Companions in the wilderness
Evolving Faith’s Sarah Bessey and Jeff Chu believe that a person’s deconstruction can’t just be for them.
Jon Mathieu interviews Sarah Bessey and Jeff Chu
Three of the most mistranslated words in the Bible—according to TikTok
by Renée Roden