Life of Faith
What I wished for
Sometimes we can’t express what we want, even when we are in desperate need.
In Search of Truth and Justice: An Interview with Willie Francois III (S2E3)
“What does it mean to cultivate leaders who are building power inside prison?”
Staying in a culture of leaving
My parents arrived in the US with three suitcases and two toddlers. I’ve experienced wanderlust ever since.
Learning from the Passover Seder without co-opting it
What wisdom can Christians find in Jesus’ meal-gathering around a religious holiday of his people?
From hateful murmurs to blood libel
Heather Blurton explains the origins and legacy of an outrageous antisemitic lie: the fable of William of Norwich.
In Search of Truth: American History with Peter Choi (S2E2)
“We can’t have a 100 percent completely accurate representation of the past. We’re always going to have some kind of imperfect rendering that still insists on deriving meaning from the past. My sense is that it’s not feasible or desirable to do away with myths. But I think we need better ones and maybe more conversation between myths.”
Stronger than all evil things
She fled her homeland as a child. Years later, she forgave God.
In Search of Truth: The Bible and Mary Magdalene (S2E1)
“The more I saw in myself, the deeper I went into myself, the deeper I was able to go in the Gospel. It almost felt like the Gospel was showing a wound in the text to me. It felt like a very, almost tender, invitation, saying well, let me show you this. It felt sort of like an invitation saying, can you help?”
February 22, Ash Wednesday (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
Remember you are dust, and to dust you will return. But my sermons!
Can patriotism be redeemed?
Theologian Richard Mouw calls for a God-chastened love of country.
The transfiguration of Larissa
When my parishioner returned to church, she seemed to have crossed a threshold that revealed her true self.
The skin of Christ
The church is a body: scarred and punctured but feeling its way through the world.
Disguise: Essays by readers
We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “Disguise.”
February 12, Ep6A (1 Corinthians 3:1-9)
If God gives growth and growth means change, the implications are broad.
Reclaiming the E word
Evangelism has become a dirty word among progressive Christians. But don’t we have good news to share?
The little engine that needed collaborators
Clergy burnout happens when churches expect pastors to do everything and pastors oblige.