Faith Matters
It’s easy to mistake humility for humiliation
The saints are so big on humility that sometimes the line seems fuzzy.
Interfaith encounter at a mosque
The dialogue was good. The meal was even better.
Fumbling my way into contemplative prayer
I’ve been trying to follow Thomas Keating’s advice: learn to be silent with God.
Church buildings aren’t just buildings
The church is made of people. But they need a home.
An economist bears witness
Our past, present, and future in five short chapters
Bethel AME Boston’s response to sexual violence in the community
“We’re going to do what it takes,” says co-pastor Gloria White-Hammond, “to be our sister’s keeper.”
Poetry for the sake of creation
In the face of unprecedented assaults on planet Earth, what good is poetry?
Funerals make me miss being a parish pastor
Standing at the graveside with the last lingering family members, time seems thick.
A pilgrimage of Virginia Woolf readers
Walking together through Sussex and To The Lighthouse.
Tidy, not tidy
The truth of God's grace is always messier than appearances let on.
The wall my daughter can’t get past
I’ve stopped trying to climb over it or knock it down. Now I just sit there.
Having faith in God is better than being certain about God
We don't need arguments from the pulpit. We need living water.
Our practices keep our commitments alive
To resist the kind of society we don't want, we have to cultivate the kind we do.
Terrorist, spy, prisoner, truth-teller
When Sean O'Callaghan joined the IRA, nationalism was his religion. Later he saw how it poisoned his soul.
In West Virginia, the teachers’ strike made new space for Eucharistic living
A church on my street fed food-insecure kids while schools were closed. The work of justice flowed outward from the table.
“You can be whatever you wish” and other myths
After college, my friends and I chased fulfillment like it was the Holy Grail.
How millennials gather
Peer-led discussions among young Muslims, Christian experiments in communal living, and pop-up Shabbat meals embody common yearnings.
A pastor's job isn't to make bad things seem better
If you have to choose between offering false hope and the truth, go with the truth.
Learning to embrace the in-between time
Good Friday gives way to Easter. We live our lives on Holy Saturday.
Listening all the way into the pulpit
The preacher maintains a sacred conversation between God and the congregation.