Voices
Heidi Neumark
The wilderness of a rural ministry circuit
I’m now a half-time “missional coach” to a six-church parish. I have many questions.
Isaac S. Villegas
Tear gas over the soccer field
“You’re welcome to take it back home with you,” my Palestinian friend said as I looked at the US-made canister in my hand. “Actually, take all of them.”
Isaac S. Villegas
Speaking in two tongues
Growing up bilingual primed me to see the gifts offered at Babel and Pentecost.
Julian DeShazier
Religiously fluid
Like a lot of Christian millennials, I don’t need Christianity to be everything for me.
Melissa Florer-Bixler
My son the PK said no to baptism
For now, anyway. After our discernment together, I consider this a success.
Jonathan Tran
One person’s self-made hell
Recently I attended the trial of a woman accused of killing a college student in a hit and run.
Alejandra Oliva
Movement of the soul
Justin Peck’s choreography takes the language of ballet and turns it into something more.
Samuel Wells
How might God bless a divided America?
On a recent trip to the US, I went to church—and found myself pondering three liturgical moments.
Debie Thomas
A deeper legacy than hard work
The psalms of ascent press hard against the norms of our bootstrap culture.
Julian DeShazier
Why I came back to the lectionary
My job as a preacher isn’t to change the game. It’s to run the plays well.
Heidi Neumark
Bearing the scars
Years ago, at a barbecue in Argentina, I realized I was the only person present who wasn’t a survivor of torture.
Brian Bantum
Can inclusive churches grow and thrive?
When my spouse’s church became more affirming, the major givers left.
Philip Jenkins
William Guthrie’s weird Christianity
The rector of St. Mark’s in-the-Bowery brought the church into relationship with the Greenwich Village avant-garde of the 1920s.
Alejandra Oliva
Annie Dillard in spring
Each March, I find my thoughts returning to Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.
Jonathan Tran
Days of wanting
My family didn’t want to go to America at all; we left Vietnam on pain of death.
Yolanda Pierce
Showing up for church when I don’t want to
When I show up, God shows up—although not always in the sermon.
Rachel Mann
Speaking of death
Christians have an opportunity to eschew euphemisms and talk honestly about mortality.
Melissa Florer-Bixler
Spending Lent with people in recovery
In the company of church members in recovery from addiction, I’m feeling more open to the doctrine of original sin.
Samuel Wells
Faith, hope, love, and AI
Our different responses to artificial intelligence point to different stories—and different Christian virtues.