Genesis

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

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

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?

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

Joseph’s brothers witness love in action, in both his personal forgiveness and his prudent national planning.

Joseph’s brothers witness love in action, in both his personal forgiveness and his prudent national planning.

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.

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.

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.

Gary Anderson thinks that the answer to what ails contemporary Christian theology lies tucked away in the Torah’s tabernacle narrative.

This year during Pride month, God seems to have a lot of rainbow defenders online. But they aren’t getting the Bible story quite right.

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

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

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

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.

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