Intentional conflict
“Conflict is not sin,” says Priya Parker. “It’s heart; it’s relevance. People don’t fight about what they don’t care about.”
Church gossip and a pastor’s double life
The inclusivity trap
Understanding polyamory
I mourned Annie Dillard as if I knew her personally
Books
Makoto Fujimura sees God beckoning through art
Blessings for all
How judges made neoliberalism
A solution to evangelicalism’s PR problem?
News
In This Issue
October 11, Ordinary 28A (Matthew 22:1–14)
Church gossip and a pastor’s double life
Blessings for all
Voices
Benjamin J. Dueholm
Church gossip and a pastor’s double life
I’m obligated to a high standard of confidentiality. I also find the stories
on social media hard to resist.
Brian Bantum
My prayer for soldiers
I looked up to see a line of 50 kids in uniform boarding the plane. Every one of them had brown skin like mine.
Peter Choi
A gospel of belonging in Korea
It’s my first time here in decades, and I have been struck by the depth of relational intimacy on display everywhere I go.
Rachel Mann
From shame to gift
Humans have a special talent for screwing things up. I think acknowledging this offers liberation.
Kelly Brown Douglas
Sacred longing
Immigrants’ stories capture a deep desire for something better. Scripture shows that God longs for a better world, too.
Stephanie Saldaña
The wounds of Catholic women
When the Vatican rejected a bid to allow laypeople to preach at mass, I felt again the toll of being dismissed by the church I call home.
Politics
Intentional conflict
How judges made neoliberalism
