Faith Matters
Episode 2: Sociologist Russell Jeung, cofounder of Stop AAPI Hate
A conversation with sociologist and activist Russell Jeung about the Atlanta shootings, the history of anti-Asian hate, the fetishizing of Asian women, and more
Celebrating Easter on the anniversary of MLK’s death
The first Easter was a wrecked scene of dispirited disciples in the shadows of an insurrection.
When we are Simon of Cyrene
We’ll crack apart. We’ll change.
This Lent, I want to learn to see the world like a poet
Why I’ve chosen Michele Madigan Somerville's Glamourous Life as my Lenten companion.
Considering the trees on Ash Wednesday
Each tree in my neighborhood is the tree of life.
“Why didn’t Jesus come as a woman?” asked my daughter
I didn’t know how to answer, but I do know that the gendering of God has real-world consequences.
Tending love in a time of trauma
My mother grew up in a violent home. But violence was not the totality of her life.
Epiphany after a hard year
Lately I find myself returning to the writing of Brian Doyle.
The words I turn to in times of grief and distress
“If it can’t be happy, make it beautiful.”
Mary’s song reveals her politics of mercy
I think Jesus learned his prophetic ministry from his mother.
A tent for outdoor worship
The stark liturgical space that Harvard Episcopal chaplain Rita Powell envisioned before COVID is now a reality.
Our masks have unmasked us
There is a parable here of half-hidden faces, wounds, and a lack of love.
The struggle to live in unity when everything’s divided
We know how to wield a sword, but nobody taught us how to cultivate a field.
I don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus
I experience God through the embodied community of faith—and I miss it.
When the best of times and the worst of times coincide
At St. Martin-in-the-Fields, we’re living through beautiful, nightmarish days.
Reenvisioning safety at a Black Youth Project 100 rally
Who keeps us safe? the crowd cried out. We keep us safe!
Separated from one another—yet still in harmony
Evagrius Pontus and Howard Thurman knew God as simultaneously far and near.
The practical wisdom that comes from a pandemic
The question “what are we for?” takes on new meaning these days.
What does it mean to worship an all-powerful God?
These times call into question the nature and morality of power.
The good death in three stages
Finding peace with neighbors, ourselves, and God