Genesis 2

Julie Faith Parker reads the Bible without guilt or shame, leading readers toward a healthier way of relating to scripture.

Our origin in dirt can teach us humility. But what if it also bears the divine image?

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.

We have become a society of people who cannot prevent our own children from being killed in their classrooms—and who do not much mind the killing of other people’s children by weapons of war.

Many of us are unimpressed when we look in the mirror. But we bear a more important image.

Instead, the Cuban-American writer aims to turn her readers’ gaze outward.

Growing up bilingual primed me to see the gifts offered at Babel and Pentecost.

I like to think Jesus gives the blind man in Mark 8 vision of another kind: to see past the limits of human sight.

Before Satan, there was the biblical sea monster Leviathan.

I heard a variation on the Eden story that offers a new look at Eve.

I heard a variation on the Eden story that offers a new look at Eve.

Trusting in God’s transcendence means acknowledging God’s otherness.

An ancient language offers my nonbinary students something English does not.

What if we did asystematic theology?

What if we did asystematic theology?

What if we did asystematic theology?

The blue-and-green-marbled planet is trying her best to restore stability.

How do I teach my children to care for an ailing world?

How do I teach my children to care for an ailing world?