Katherine Willis Pershey
April 17, Easter Day C (John 20:1-18)
Mary has no hand to clutch or shoulder to lean on.
It takes faith to resist the attention economy
We need to relearn a capacity to dwell in God’s presence.
The good news in John Green’s reviews of Diet Dr Pepper and sunsets
He says they’re memoirs, but I’m onto him. The Anthropocene Reviewed is more like a collection of sermons.
Bodies at worship (Palm/Passion B) (Philippians 2:5-11)
Every knee shall bow, even our knees.
The real Eugene Peterson
Many of my LGBTQ friends and clergy sisters have disavowed Peterson’s writings. Not I.
A God who does laundry (Lent 5B) (Psalm 51:1-12)
On giving Eugene Peterson's The Message another chance
March 28, Passion Sunday B (Mark 14:1-15:47)
Did Easter even come last year? Will it ever come again?
March 21, Lent 5B (Hebrews 5:5–10; John 12:20–33)
In ancient Israel, priests were the gates through which God poured mercy.
For Valarie Kaur, love is sweet labor
A memoir of an activist whose life is grounded in Sikh mysticism
Books for pandemic reading
Nine writers tell us about a book they’ve read recently that’s helped them reframe what it means to be a person of faith and a reader right now.
We need our screens right now. But what about later?
Ed Cyzewski’s prepandemic takedown of the digital formation of Christians is still surprisingly useful.
Discord on Plymouth Rock
TaraShea Nesbit’s novel about the Mayflower pilgrims and their conflicts
A former Jehovah’s Witness tells her story
Amber Scorah’s memoir has a breathless quality that makes it compulsively readable.
Back to Margaret Atwood’s Gilead
The Testaments returns to the world of The Handmaid’s Tale. Is this a good idea?
The time my psychiatrist sent me on retreat
He leaned back and sighed. “I think what you need is a spiritual experience.”
I was an elementary-school pickpocket
Thirty years later my petty crime came back to haunt me.
Kate Bowler faces off against cancer and bad theology
Bowler’s memoir honestly confronts the pervasive idea that we get what we deserve.
The fast I chose
Giving up donuts for the sake of cholesterol didn’t bring me closer to God. But it did teach me something about sacrifice.
A do-gooder’s tale
D. L. Mayfield wanted to help Somali refugees. She ended up mostly baking them cupcakes.