Church
The strange, humbling ritual of foot washing
It makes me uncomfortable. That’s by design.
Four years after my mother died, we still haven’t scattered her ashes
They’re in a plastic bag in my closet.
Youth ministry isn’t about fun
How one youth leader stopped being a chief counselor of fun and discovered something better.
10 guidelines for pastoral care during the coronavirus outbreak
How can we accompany people through this valley of anxiety, fear, and death?
John Henry Newman’s impact
Eamon Duffy’s short biography of the first English saint canonized since the Reformation
In Europe, church taxes are voluntary. People pay them anyway.
But for how long?
L’Arche’s values of accompaniment, vulnerability, and mutuality are bigger than Jean Vanier
Such values have shadow sides. They are also desperately needed in the world.
A church returns land to American Indians
“This is decolonized land,” a young woman said. “This is a liberated zone.”
What an open door to asylum seekers looks like
A Laredo pastor and his family are hard at work helping others, on both sides of the border.
The truth about testimonies
As a child, I testified every Sunday morning. I can’t do it anymore.
Pope Francis’s vision of a wounded church converted by mercy
How can the church become less of a citadel and more of a field hospital?
What Meghan and Harry can and can’t escape
At the heart of life is the mess of being stuck with other people.
Why Andover Newton requires seminarians to take a course from the Yale School of Management
Congregational ministry requires business skills.
Rachael Denhollander’s account of standing up against sexual abuse
The gymnast who brought down Larry Nassar tells her story.
Making a habit out of Epiphany
Epiphanies flare up and fade. How can we keep them in our everyday vision?
The dirty work of ministry
What two drastically different messages from parishioners taught me
A place for homeless families to sleep safely in their cars
How a group of interfaith partners is making use of their idle parking lots
Major stories in American Christianity of the 2010s
How faith has been shaped by Obergefell, the Charleston murders, Me Too, and more