Life of Faith
The coronavirus is helping us rehearse for our own deaths
“A lot of people want to talk about the big questions; they just don’t know how to get started.”
My pandemic comfort viewing
Three TV shows and movies that have combated loneliness and brought welcome distraction
Social distancing lessons from the anchoresses
It takes more than isolation to make us into contemplatives.
Caught up in God
Early on, I got caught up in the logic of the Spirit—and in the steady beat of black life.
Why be Protestant?
Phillip Cary locates the heart of Protestantism in the gospel promise it reveals.
Beginning to learn to be a pastor
Shortly after his ordination, a home visit unexpectedly throws a new pastor in the deep end.
Has the desert of quarantine already taught us all it can?
Those of us privileged enough to stay at home have to go back to work eventually. Will we go back to our former distraction?
What are we really doing when all we can do is pray—or not even?
It may be Easter, but lament comes more readily than alleluia.
A New Monastic community in a time of social distancing
The idea of this place is incarnation. When someone here gets sick, so does everyone else.
Toward a more generous way of thinking about dementia
Two very different books provide guidance for family, caregivers, and clergy.
On the spirituality of quarantine
How can we be “witnesses to the ends of the earth” right now? I have found some help from St. Benedict and St. Gregory.
The weird beauty of Kay Ryan’s prose
The former poet laureate’s quirky faith is a spirituality for prankish oddballs.
A Kierkegaardian biography of Kierkegaard
Clare Carlisle helps readers struggle with what it means to be human in the world.
Books worth wrestling with
We asked writers to tell us about a book that they disagree with—but that they also see as important enough to argue with.
Grab a book. It’s good for your health.
That’s one good thing about sheltering in place.
