Church
The Porter’s Gate’s songs give voice to the realities of 2020
A collective of Black, White, and Latino church songwriters makes liturgical music for resistance.
My daughter’s wedding vows made me think about what it means to receive
Taking is possessing. Receiving is a gift.
The Asian American Christian Collaborative’s efforts to confront anti-Asian racism in the church
The pandemic has made an existing problem worse.
I was afraid to protest in Kenosha, but my parishioner needed me
The city felt like it had been sucker punched.
The struggle to live in unity when everything’s divided
We know how to wield a sword, but nobody taught us how to cultivate a field.
The surprising freedom of being a guest preacher
I might or might not be invited back. Either way, there’s no lasting harm.
Willie Jennings’s plea to create a new kind of theologian
After Whiteness is urgent reading for any institution that purports to care about God and race.
I don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus
I experience God through the embodied community of faith—and I miss it.
When the best of times and the worst of times coincide
At St. Martin-in-the-Fields, we’re living through beautiful, nightmarish days.
Why my church is done singing David Haas’s songs
It’s not because we don’t believe in grace.
How I used Minecraft with my catechism group
Instead of memorizing Luther’s theology, the kids built churches that embodied it.
The shape of liturgy when everything is changing
Even stones are constantly being transformed.
Virtual worship has become the people’s work
Discovering the limits—and possibilities—of common prayer via Zoom
Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s history of the manly godly man
How American evangelicalism baptized male aggression
The pandemic calls for closed hymnals
Forgoing congregational singing as a spiritual discipline
Envisioning part-time clergy as a blessing rather than a sign of decline
Revitalizing lay leaders to bring congregations new life
Finding God outside the church walls
The Spirit is God’s wild card, played over and over again when old forms fail.
We need our screens right now. But what about later?
Ed Cyzewski’s prepandemic takedown of the digital formation of Christians is still surprisingly useful.
The white Christian nationalist scam
Journalists Katherine Stewart and Anne Nelson unveil the mechanisms behind the rise of a movement.