Life of Faith
November 1, All Saints A (Matthew 5:1-12)
Eight upside-down blessings for a pandemic world
Loving your neighbor starts with the people on your block
My five-year-old parishioner spent the summer going door to door.
I don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus
I experience God through the embodied community of faith—and I miss it.
When the wildfires came to my house, I remembered the garden of Eden
Here in Oregon, the consequences of our actions are burning all around us.
Can the religious left be as effective in Washington as it’s been on the streets?
Jack Jenkins’s book is informative and persuasive, if not exactly unbiased.
Movement: Essays by readers
We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “movement.”
I May Destroy You takes us on a quest for wholeness
As Arabella struggles to remember the night she was assaulted, other memories emerge as well.
Why didn’t the police show any empathy for Daniel Prude?
Jesus, too, encountered a naked man living with mental torment. He responded quite differently.
When your partner loses faith
After Stina Kielsmeier-Cook’s husband became a none, she reached out to some neighborhood nuns.
Reenvisioning safety at a Black Youth Project 100 rally
Who keeps us safe? the crowd cried out. We keep us safe!
Getting to the Old City of Jerusalem—by cable car?
The proposed project may be good for tourism, but it brings dangers.
Prominent evangelical scholars are, once again, disavowing Trump
They’re brave to do so. Do they go far enough?
I wish Francis Su had been my third-grade math teacher
Su’s book is about math and human flourishing. It’s also about how to be a teacher.
How I used Minecraft with my catechism group
Instead of memorizing Luther’s theology, the kids built churches that embodied it.
Separated from one another—yet still in harmony
Evagrius Pontus and Howard Thurman knew God as simultaneously far and near.
Compassion begins in the eyes
The pandemic hasn’t taken away our ability to look our neighbor in the eye.
Brought to life by Christ
Theology was not optional for me as a child. It was a matter of life or death.
The practical wisdom that comes from a pandemic
The question “what are we for?” takes on new meaning these days.