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Learning to see the planet as gift

At Holden Village, a Lutheran retreat center nestled deep in the Cascades, I asked my students to consider their vocation in light of the Anthropocene.

by Jason A. Mahn

From the Editors

Emergency contacts

When we encounter a crisis, it’s helpful to have more phone numbers at the ready than just 911.

Voices

Emotional communism

More than ever, we need the common life we can create for each other, a shared life for the benefit of all.

by Isaac S. Villegas

Features

The academy needs better theologies of cooking

The first step is to give voice to those whose work in the kitchen is shaped by necessity, not choice.

by Kendall Vanderslice

News

As Trump demands apology, Episcopal bishop explains her call for mercy toward those living in fear

by David Paulsen

Books

The magic of Amy Leach’s world

The essayist playfully contrasts the apocalyptic, fundamentalist worldviews of her childhood with the teeming abundance of life that she found later.

by Amy Frykholm

Elie Wiesel’s defiant faith

Journalist Joseph Berger documents the writer’s work, his activism, and the belief in God that he never fully renounced.

by Charles Scriven

How a boy band star from Boston became the beloved Imam Tay

Taymullah Abdur-Rahman demonstrates that friendship across religious difference can elicit personal and social transformation.

by Rafia Amina Khader

The heart of embodied theopoetics beats for liberation

A new edited volume seeks not to replace traditional, White male–focused theopoetics so much as to reshape the subject altogether.

by Adriana Rivera

In This Issue

Books

The magic of Amy Leach’s world

The essayist playfully contrasts the apocalyptic, fundamentalist worldviews of her childhood with the teeming abundance of life that she found later.

by Amy Frykholm

Voices

God of breath and gravity

“Who is God?” Today, God is the rising and falling of my chest.

by Brian Bantum

Features

Learning to see the planet as gift

At Holden Village, a Lutheran retreat center nestled deep in the Cascades, I asked my students to consider their vocation in light of the Anthropocene.

by Jason A. Mahn

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Voices

God of breath and gravity

“Who is God?” Today, God is the rising and falling of my chest.

by Brian Bantum

Books

The magic of Amy Leach’s world

The essayist playfully contrasts the apocalyptic, fundamentalist worldviews of her childhood with the teeming abundance of life that she found later.

by Amy Frykholm

News

In congregations, fear, misinformation, and preparation after ICE policy change

by Aleja Hertzler-McCain

Features

Learning to see the planet as gift

At Holden Village, a Lutheran retreat center nestled deep in the Cascades, I asked my students to consider their vocation in light of the Anthropocene.

by Jason A. Mahn