Voices
Julian DeShazier
Knowledge is not enough
Patience, kindness, and love are far more valuable to the formation of our faith communities.
Phil Christman
Reviled for Jesus’ sake
One of the clearest ways God says yes to Christians is when unjust authorities hate us.
Rachel Mann
In times of fear, I return to Julian of Norwich
The medieval mystic offers challenging words for desperate times.
Alejandra Oliva
Longing for faith with Marilynne Robinson
Her essays present a Christianity that sits comfortably with mystery, that reaches out to neighbors as well as up toward God.
Julian DeShazier
The church has a DEI problem
We love diversity. That doesn’t mean we’re willing to make room for difference.
Isaac S. Villegas
Resurrection, then breakfast
Jesus conquers death so he can come back and enjoy another meal, lingering with his friends for as long as he can.
Stephanie Perdew
We are not living in a postcolonial world
Many church folk use the word decolonization while ignoring its only goal: returning Indigenous lands to Indigenous hands.
Peter Choi
The four gospels and their very different endings
Some things are too big for a single narrative.
Rachel Mann
Have things changed for women since the time of Mary Magdalene?
In a world where we aren’t trusted, Mary’s encounter with the risen Jesus is an act of solidarity.
Peter Choi
Making old things new
Great artists know that the past provides essential ingredients for the future. Jacob Collier exemplifies this. So does Jesus.
Kelly Brown Douglas
Pauli Murray’s song of hope
Her contributions to this nation can hardly be overstated. The federal government’s attempt to erase them has theological implications.
Melissa Florer-Bixler
The US media is biased against Palestinians
Compassion compels us to remember people journalists choose to forget.
Phil Christman
In praise of unruly children in church
Sometimes they’re the only sign of life amid our solemn boringness.
Samuel Wells
The grace of identity
We tend to think of identity as either fixed or chosen. What if it’s bestowed and revealed, relational and dynamic?
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.