Books
Multigenerational rage, holy listening, and the unveiling of another way
A conversation between Parker Palmer, Stephen Lewis, Matthew Wesley Williams, and Dori Baker about the book Another Way
Lydia Millet’s A Children’s Bible is a believable climate fable
The dystopian novel feels about 15 minutes away from becoming reality.
Talking to white kids about what whiteness means
Three children’s books to help start the conversation
Imagination as a lens for making sense of the world
Cultivating a shared Christian imagination
A non-Christian’s argument for Christianity’s positive influence
Tom Holland doesn’t shout that secularists have no clothes. He whispers that they bear a Christian label.
What is ecopiety?
The stories we tell about consuming our way to a healthy environment
How deaths of despair reached white communities
Two economists tell the story and suggest reforms.
How asylum seeker Rosayra Pablo Cruz got her children back
Pablo Cruz and Julie Collazo tell a story from the migrant detention crisis.
Journeying with the Lakota people
A historical overview of a people’s battles and victories
Seeing disability through a lens of wonder
Brian Brock’s book is both academic and deeply personal.
Why be Protestant?
Phillip Cary locates the heart of Protestantism in the gospel promise it reveals.
Karl Barth’s gift to the church
Kimlyn Bender has produced a reading guide to assist nonspecialists.
Take & Read: Ethics
New books that are shaping discussions about ethics in a capitalist society
Take & Read: Theology
New books that are shaping conversations in theology
Praise, pilgrimage, and poetry
New collections by Jeanine Hathaway and Jeanne Murray Walker
Take & Read: Old Testament
New books that are shaping conversations about the Old Testament
When media culture and celebrity culture collide
And what worship looks like when they do
I go to thrift stores for the books
I almost always find something good that I didn’t know I needed.
Toward a more generous way of thinking about dementia
Two very different books provide guidance for family, caregivers, and clergy.
The weird beauty of Kay Ryan’s prose
The former poet laureate’s quirky faith is a spirituality for prankish oddballs.