Voices
Brian Bantum
The substance of small things I’ve seen
Hope and change mean something different to me now than they did in 2009.
Debie Thomas
Progressive Christians should read the Bible
It’s a rich, multivocal library. And we can’t afford to be ignorant of a book that’s being weaponized against vulnerable people.
Alejandra Oliva
The call of a remnant prairie
I’ve seen artists enchanted and haunted by the prairie, their work changed by spending time in the grasses.
Melissa Florer-Bixler
An ungovernable faith
By refusing to swear oaths, 16th-century Anabaptists took away the state’s primary tool for control.
Julian DeShazier
White supremacy shows up in unexpected places
Supremacy feels so good on the inside that we are all vulnerable to its sirens.
Peter Choi
Dust and glory
Our origin in dirt can teach us humility. But what if it also bears the divine image?
Stephanie Perdew
I still have a voice
After the election, I was worried about people being silenced. So I joined a choir.
Debie Thomas
God’s maternal love
I wonder if what I felt, feared, and learned as a young mother mirrors what God experiences when she tries to feed us.
Brian Bantum
God of breath and gravity
“Who is God?” Today, God is the rising and falling of my chest.
Isaac S. Villegas
Emotional communism
More than ever, we need the common life we can create for each other, a shared life for the benefit of all.
Kelly Brown Douglas
What does it mean to be a Christian in these times?
We have a cross at the center of our faith, and we need to start acting like it.
Rachel Mann
What can the church offer trans people right now?
Baptism and Eucharist should rework all of our ideas about identity.
Samuel Wells
Forerunners like John
Not everyone who makes a difference in the world gets the credit—or seeks it.
Melissa Florer-Bixler
Church on the run
If I want kinship with my Anabaptist ancestors, I know where to look: in prison.
Phil Christman
Please, tell me what it says in the original Greek
Why are clergy so embarrassed to know things their job requires them to know?
Alejandra Oliva
My word for 2024 was monasticism
One highlight of the year was a busy week in a cabin with three friends and a dog.
Stephanie Perdew
My protector was not on the ballot this fall
I look to the hills, not to a politician.