Life of Faith
The gifts of small church during a pandemic
Our Sunday Zoom service was deeply moving. It was also a little awkward, but we know how to roll with that.
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.
10 guidelines for pastoral care during the coronavirus outbreak
How can we accompany people through this valley of anxiety, fear, and death?
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.
Dorothy Sayers and her equally fascinating friends
How they engaged culture in troubling times
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.
Why we need the grime of Ash Wednesday
Like the sludge on a car in the winter, most of our messes accumulate gradually.
The truth about testimonies
As a child, I testified every Sunday morning. I can’t do it anymore.
Loving your political enemy at the National Prayer Breakfast
Arthur Brooks gave the room an important assignment. President Trump turned it down.
What Meghan and Harry can and can’t escape
At the heart of life is the mess of being stuck with other people.
When we advertise our righteousness, it becomes self-righteousness
What we can learn from the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector
February 23, Transfiguration A (Matthew 17:1–9)
God’s presence transfigures here, now, in the familiar.