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I learned to pray at Notre Dame Cathedral
Was the familiar God I knew as a preacher's kid the same one who inspired such greatness?
A young poet shaped by religious language
“When I was nine or ten, I decided I needed to read the King James Bible.”
The suffering human (Isaiah 52:13-53:12)
Exiled Israel, the crucified Christ, and the thread that holds two interpretations together.
The Easter Maybe people
Some of us church insiders have more in common with the undecided folks than we often say.
After the catastrophic fire at Notre Dame, what might rebuilding look like?
The 12th-century cathedral was already beginning to crumble.
Episode 61: Life of Brian
Matt and Adam talk with Matt Skinner about Easter, crucifixion, and the greatest story ever told (sort of, maybe?), Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
May 12, Easter 4C (Acts 9:36-43)
Tabitha is dead, but the evidence of her work still lives.
Why should the kids at my church care about pursuing God?
I don’t have all the answers, but I have a few ideas.
Two leaders of faith-based immigrant rights group charge ICE with violating their rights
Kaji Douša and Ravi Ragbir of the New Sanctuary Coalition point to recent reports as evidence that they are being targeted for being outspoken advocates for immigrants.
The Christian virtues and the art of dying
9 values that can shape the end of life in a cruciform way
Three black churches in Louisiana, civil rights center in Tennessee burned down
A 21-year-old white man faces hate crimes and arson charges for the church fires, and a white supremacist symbol was spray-painted at the Highlander Center.
The National Day of Prayer and the sectarian group that uses its name
People often perceive the National Day of Prayer Task Force’s events as official. They aren’t.
Passed on to us (1 Corinthians 11:23-26)
The church that came before us taught us how to love worship and to care deeply for its vitality and life.
Immunotherapy’s believers and skeptics
Some scientists couldn’t quite explain what they were seeing. Others literally couldn’t believe it.
The preacher is a chef who prepares a meal
Like good cooking, good preaching is local, idiosyncratic, and diverse.
The people who haunt us
Jordan Peele’s new horror film reveals the pasts we are all tethered to.
Seeing beauty amid our brokenness
Our spiritual lives are like kintsugi pottery—mended with gold leaf along the cracks.
At Gilead Church in Chicago, storytelling is central to worship
It's like a MOTH event—with the vulnerability of community.