First Person
A Texas church's real talk about guns
What do our baptismal vows have to do with safety?
A Texas church's real talk about guns
What do our baptismal vows have to do with safety?
A pastor's #MeToo story
"What can we do to make this go away?" a member of the personnel committee asked.
How dancing in The Nutcracker has shaped my sense of Advent
When I read the annunciation story, I picture Mary as Clara.
Why my church stopped decking the halls
A new family skipped a lot of our holiday activities—and got me thinking.
Being a Shalom Sista in a brokenhearted world
What does it look like to embody the peace of the city of God?
Being Muslim at an American airport
When I fly I smile a lot, type only in English, and pretend I'm not reading a book about the rise of ISIS.
A Palestinian boy, an Israeli soldier, and my American sons
The stories we tell can do real damage. Or they can heal.
God's words and liturgy's echo
"I love you," says God. "We love you, too," our prayers reply.
The wonder of homegrown potatoes
Underneath layers of mulch, the German Butterball and Rose Gold flourish.
Sparrows, swallows, and us
In God's life, all creatures get attention.
A liberal congregation burns hot under Trump
We were already active in our community. Now we're on overdrive.
An oracle of the word of the Lord?
In the late 70s, two friends of mine housesat for the poet James Merrill—and got out his Ouija board.
Ministry is out of control
Being a pastor is like jumping into a river. You have to let the current take you.
My life as an ambivalent American Muslim
How can I help reform Islam? I can’t even make it to prayers.
I believe racism is wrong. So what?
Being against something doesn’t cost much—or accomplish much.
For those of you just tuning in
Why baseball is best on the radio
My incarcerated nephew, the guest of honor
Our family reunion in Argentina looked like something straight out of one of Jesus’ parables.
My friends are praying for me. Does God care?
God’s response to Job is cold comfort when you have terminal cancer.
Prayer isn’t our work, it’s God’s
I mostly agree with Jeffrey Weiss about prayer. I think St. Paul would too.