Features
Preaching on Easter Sunday isn’t about convincing people
The biblical Amalekites are the Israelites’ enemies—and their kin
Resources on Godly Play
Read the main article, "Godly Play and the Language of Faith."
Resources:
- Godly Play: An Imaginative Approach to Religious Education, by Jerome W. Berryman
- Teaching Godly Play, by Jerome W. Berryman
- Children’s Spirituality: What It Is and Why It Matters, by Rebecca Nye
- Listening to Children on the Spiritual Journey, by Catherine Stonehouse and Scottie May
Godly Play and the language of Christian faith
Faith, imagination, and the glory of ordinary life
The following conversation between novelist Marilynne Robinson and theologian Rowan Williams took place at Wheaton College in Illinois and was moderated by members of Wheaton’s faculty as part of a conference on the theological significance of Robinson’s work.
You’ve both written or talked about how imaginative work, particularly fiction, provides insight into the divine. How would you articulate that conviction?
The United Methodist meeting offered no clear way forward. What now?
Books
Catholicism and the secular state
The intertwining of the Catholic Church and politics, from World War I to Trump
Ross Gay’s fierce, radiant joy
To love the world as an American black man is a subversive act.
Fiction that makes prisons visible
How three novelists depict the reality of incarceration
A personal discipline of Talmud study
Ilana Kurshan shows how the practice of Daf Yoni gave structure to a life made formless and void.
Departments
Imagination is at the heart of faith
My mother was my first theology teacher
Give Me Jesus, by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (1940–2015)
Mixtec people and their voices
News
New churches a refuge for disaffected ‘dones’
At nontraditional congregations popping up across the country, many people have stories of rocky relationships with church. But they felt something was missing when they left.
Holocaust educators seek ways to preserve power of survivors’ testimony
“To hear that 6 million Jews were murdered is overwhelming,” Rena Quint said. “To hear one story from someone who lived through the Holocaust makes a strong impression.”
Rohingya refugees refuse repatriation to Myanmar as persecution fears continue
“Once we see that our relatives in Myanmar have gotten full citizenship rights,” said one community leader, “no one will have to force us to go back.”
Faith-based refugee aid groups struggle to stay open
Over the past two years, the nation’s refugee resettlement system has been slowly dismantled.
Mary Hinkle Shore becomes rector and dean of ELCA seminary in Southeast
Shore will deepen relationships with congregations and other ministries served by students of the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary of Lenoir-Rhyne University.
Robina Winbush, ecumenical and interfaith leader, dies at age 61
Winbush worked for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and with global organizations, “envisioning together how justice can be lived and reflected in the life of the church,” one colleague said.
New Zealand mosque shootings prompt vigils and vigilance
Civil rights advocates called for curbing hate speech online, as the perpetrator’s video continued to circulate on social media.