Brian Bantum
Why make things?
I couldn’t afford a nice bookshelf, and I couldn’t bring myself to buy a cheap one. So I headed to the hardware store.
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Peter Choi
The word outlasts the throne
Kings fall, tyrants pass, and hope endures in the prophets’ vision of God’s story.
Phil Christman
The case for being a killjoy
We may be reluctant to say anything that sounds puritanical. But our private morality really does matter.
Julian DeShazier
I’m learning to let go of ‘preaching pretty’
Some Sundays, my congregation needs a word that’s more raw than polished.
Kelly Brown Douglas
A sanctuary for banned stories
When truth is being cast as lies, the sacred work of storytelling is urgent.
Melissa Florer-Bixler
In prison, Satan is real
I’ve heard incarcerated women preach about a power that demands renunciation.
Rachel Mann
Living from the wounded side
Christ’s pierced body helps me understand my own.
Alejandra Oliva
Dark fantasy novels that scream theology
I didn’t expect so much sacramental imagination in Tamsyn Muir’s series about lesbian necromancers in space.
Stephanie Perdew
The rise and fall of children’s Sunday school
Faith formation isn’t dead. It’s happening outside the classroom.
Debie Thomas
Progressive Christians should read the Bible
It’s a rich, multivocal library. And we can’t afford to be ignorant of a book that’s being weaponized against vulnerable people.
Isaac S. Villegas
Becoming manna
There’s a connection between a desire to care and the offer of food. We’re committed to each other’s survival.
Samuel Wells
Dear Israel
There are some things I understand and others I cannot.
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