memoir
Serene Jones’s memoir poses as many theological questions as answers
Theology is story, and Jones is a rousing storyteller.
Tressie McMillan Cottom asks who black women’s voices are for
Cottom interrogates her own story loudly enough for others to hear themselves in it.
A chaplain, his cerebral palsy, and the philosophy that guides him
Stephen Faller’s series of wise reflections on being alive
The miracles of Julie Yip-Williams’s life and death
A cancer memoir about a life sustained by improbable events
A personal narrative of addiction and the culture that birthed it
Leslie Jamison weaves cultural critique into her memoir about alcohol and creativity.
25 years after the Rwandan genocide, Denise Uwimana tells her story
A memoir about survival and the theological questions it raises
A personal discipline of Talmud study
Ilana Kurshan shows how the practice of Daf Yoni gave structure to a life made formless and void.
A maid bears witness
Stephanie Land's memoir reveals the intimacy and power of a housecleaner’s labor.
An act of solidarity with LGBTQ Methodists?
J. Philip Wogaman tried to surrender his ordination. Would this have helped?
Coming of age during the rise of Hitler
A history of the 20th century told by ordinary Germans.
Innocent on death row
Two memoirs by men who endured decades of criminal injustice before being exonerated
How I got schooled by Franchesca Ramsey’s hilarious memoir
Ramsey shows the high stakes (and common mistakes) of online activism.
James Cone and the liberating spirit of blackness
In his final memoir, Cone’s testimony resounds.
James Comey didn’t write a tell-all. He wrote a handbook.
What does ethical leadership look like?
Why Roxane Gay resists the conversion narrative
Sexual violence doesn't always allow its survivors to claim redemption.
How a doctor finds hope at a Jerusalem hospital
Pediatric oncologist Elisha Waldman explores a city's complexities as he reflects on his patients' spiritual needs.
Richard was always asking for more than I could give
He came to our community meal for years before I realized that I was asking something of him, too.
A writer’s careful, surprising attention
J. D. Daniels writes beautiful letters to no one. They aren't for everyone.
A Christian apologist's memoir of suffering
Telling the story of his wife's tragic illness, Douglas Groothuis combines lament with grace-filled love.