Life of Faith
The bones in God’s garden
Will my daffodil bulbs overcome their trauma and rise up despite the odds? Will we?
S3 Bonus Episode Back to the Desert: Mary of Egypt with Amy Frykholm
“As Christianity moved to an empire-based movement, women lost a lot of power. So it makes sense that they would have gone into the desert, looking for ways to pursue their path in Christianity in ways that allowed them greater freedom.”
Teaching ministry students to ask beautiful questions
Narrative practice offers an excellent resource for the work of pastoral care.
Metaphors for the spiritual life
I have been an onion peeler and an excavator. I hope God will form me into a bridge.
What do people who’ve lost everything bring with them?
Stephanie Saldaña reminds us that refugees carry a whole world inside them.
The patron saint of in-between things
Having grown up as a Black-mixed kid, I can relate to Moses’ upbringing as not quite Hebrew and not quite Egyptian.
Sharing the burden of language disorientation
At my church, some of us are learning Spanish. Others are learning English.
Mentoring is about relationship
A new essay collection explores the importance of mentorship to students and faculty at Christian colleges.
Accumulated faith
Faith is a way of life that acquires its layers and contours incrementally, often imperceptibly.
Caught up in the sweep of history
When I am troubled by the times in which we live, I turn to Óscar Romero.
My double vision
I like to think Jesus gives the blind man in Mark 8 vision of another kind: to see past the limits of human sight.
Nature is not an escape
To understand this, I had to stop reading John Muir and turn to the nature writing of the Harlem Renaissance.
An architecture of care in Calais
At the Maria Skobtsova House, refugees and volunteers work to counteract the cruel logic of the refugee crisis.
The cost of parking
Henry Grabar makes the case that in nearly any realm, from the environment to the economy, justice starts with parking reform.
The grace of deep-bellied laughter
Does our theology have space for a Jesus who not only weeps but also laughs?
Capitalism everywhere
Lucia Hulsether explores how the global economic system has absorbed the very movements that seek to resist it.
Joyful life in Bethlehem
At a L’Arche community, I learned something about working and dreaming for peace.
Mary’s special child and mine
I probably shouldn’t treat my own son like he’s the Messiah. Imagine the pressure.