Life of Faith
The ER is a sacred space
Jay Baruch sees himself and other doctors as stewards of patients’ stories.
Imani Perry’s tour of the American South
South to America shows how one region’s beauty, losses, and inequities have shaped the country as a whole.
What does it mean to be a woman who doesn’t want children?
Erin Lane challenges maternal exceptionalism and its myths.
A theology of heaven for our time
To affirm the truth of heaven is to fire our spiritual imaginations for this life.
A dinner party where women talk food
Alissa Wilkinson imagines Maya Angelou hosting Hannah Arendt, Octavia Butler, Laurie Colwin, and others.
Paul Mariani seeks wisdom among the ghosts
The poet, now in his eighties, asks profound questions in a dazzling array of poems.
What does it mean to be a green church during a climate crisis?
It’s a way of life. But it starts small.
Fighting climate change one small act at a time
Light bulbs and solar panels won’t solve the climate crisis. They’re signs of something greater.
Good citizenship starts on the playground
Through play, children acquire fundamental skills for living cooperatively with others.
Pastors, like everyone else, need paid family and medical leave
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I was shocked to find I had no paid leave or legal job protection.
Three reasons progressive Christians shouldn’t give up on conversion
Is it the baby or the bathwater?
When my dad killed God
My dad, Bill Hamilton, was a beloved divinity school professor. That all changed when God died and we got run out of town.
My mother said she was pro-life—and worked at Planned Parenthood
There will always be people like her, who are willing to tell the truth that life is choice.
When abortion is mere abstraction
What’s missing from the debate is the wisdom of first-hand experience.
Where our deep sadness and the world’s deep hunger meet
Sometimes vocation springs not from joy but from trauma and grief.