Church
Politics, the pulpit, and my pastoral calling
It’s not easy to avoid the perception of a political motive.
Imagining the future of theological education
Conversations with Rowan Williams, Justo González, Emilie Townes, and Sam Wells
Considering the trees on Ash Wednesday
Each tree in my neighborhood is the tree of life.
Is preaching “all Jesus” or “all me”?
Jerusha Matsen Neal writes for preachers who stand in the messy middle.
Machanic Manyeruke and the gospel music scene in Africa
James Ault’s new documentary offers a window into a vast and exciting musical world.
Beloved Everybody, an ability-inclusive church that embodies the beloved community
At this church, people with and without disabilities both worship and lead.
“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.
In search of sanctuary
When my church opened its doors to an immigrant family, we had to reimagine the meaning of sacred space.
The global church in an English village
The Londoners who come to Aylesford as pilgrims are an impressively polychrome microcosm of Christianity.
Why some young Black Christians are practicing hoodoo
The ancestral religious practices of the African diaspora were forced underground by the White church.
Christian liturgy should reflect the unconditional nature of grace
This might mean changing the order of certain elements.
There’s no theological education pipeline anymore
It’s been replaced by a thriving irrigation hose.
The words I turn to in times of grief and distress
“If it can’t be happy, make it beautiful.”
Looking to Advent as we grieve our COVID-19 dead
Lament and longing can be companions.
Billy Graham and Barack Obama each offered a pastoral voice in a time of tragedy
We need someone to speak to our moment, too.
How do we grieve the hundreds of thousands of people the COVID-19 pandemic has killed?
We posed this question to five writers.