Life of Faith
Playing the holy fool
Laurel Mathewson introduces new readers to Teresa of Ávila—and to the famed saint’s trustworthy spirituality.
The wild earth and its consolations
The Mourner’s Bestiary is part memoir, part illness narrative, and part ecological treatise.
The wisdom of Earthseed
In the Parable novels, Octavia Butler imagines not just a dystopian future but also a way to survive it.
The grace of identity
We tend to think of identity as either fixed or chosen. What if it’s bestowed and revealed, relational and dynamic?
Fighting climate change with Black soul power
Heather McTeer Toney’s masterful weaving of storytelling, history, hope, and scientific truth is for Black people, White allies, and everyone.
How do we help children weave a healthy faith?
Meredith Miller uses the metaphor of a spiderweb to offer Christian parents and caregivers a new paradigm.
March 23, Lent 3C (Luke 13:1-9)
Who can resist the gardener’s advice to dig around deeply and replenish the soil?
The substance of small things I’ve seen
Hope and change mean something different to me now than they did in 2009.
March 16, Lent 2C (Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35)
We live with a clear-eyed hope that refuses to squint in the face of suffering.
Progressive Christians should read the Bible
It’s a rich, multivocal library. And we can’t afford to be ignorant of a book that’s being weaponized against vulnerable people.
The imitation of the Spirit
Christians are taught to practice imitatio Christi, empowered by the Holy Spirit. What if we flipped this narrative?
An ungovernable faith
By refusing to swear oaths, 16th-century Anabaptists took away the state’s primary tool for control.
March 5, Ash Wednesday C (Isaiah 58:1-12; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
Isaiah and Matthew invite us into deeper solidarity. None is well until all are well.
White supremacy shows up in unexpected places
Supremacy feels so good on the inside that we are all vulnerable to its sirens.
March 2, Transfiguration (Exodus 34:29-35; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a))
Peter, James, and John are all of us.
The moral cost of rechargeable batteries
In the DRC’s cobalt mines, desperate workers earn a few dollars a day to help power our digital lives.