Life of Faith
A rabbi’s poetic wrestling with faith after the Shoah
In Yehiel Poupko’s poems, Jewish belief in God groans under the burden of divine silence.
How should Asian American Christians respond to anti-Asian racism?
Be like water: clear, humble, persistent, and restorative.
Good parenting is rooted in warm relationships
But sometimes it also requires clever tactics.
Episode 8: Understanding the shadow with Laurie Gudim
“For me, the most important thing in the entire world is connecting people with their sense of what is holy. It’s really important to me that people find their own personal connection. I’m a mystic who wants to teach people how to be mystics, how to engage that relationship with the Holy Other.”
QAnon moms
The infiltration of online parenting spaces began as a slow burn. During the pandemic, it’s picked up speed.
Giving women a voice at the seder table
Poet and liturgist Marcia Falk attempts to correct the gender bias of the traditional Passover Haggadah.
The mystical significance of Jesus’ resurrection
We don’t need to debate the possibility of a reanimated corpse. We need to reimagine our whole understanding of the material world.
Episode 7: Thirsting for God with Wendy Farley
“Our whole life is really about desire.”
Communion tears
In my 15 years as a pastor, I’ve seen a lot of watery eyes at the table.
For Simone Weil, philosophy was not merely academic
Robert Zaretsky offers a vivid picture of how truth telling made Weil’s life complicated.
Tears are a gift from God
They put us in touch with essential things that we know to be dear or wrong.
John Boswell’s faith lit up a generation
My brother’s work paved the way for many LGBTQ Christians.
Episode 6: Following the saints with Dan Koski
“You have to be willing to accept that if you call on this saint for help and guidance, he or she may call on you for challenges as well.”
What kind of faith should Ketanji Brown Jackson have?
We seem to want public figures with inconsequential beliefs.
The wonderful ordinariness of congregational life
Sometimes it’s boring. Sometimes it’s thrilling. Sometimes it makes me cry.
Episode 5: Exploring Egypt with Yehia El Decken
I keep secret in myself an Egypt
That doesn’t exist.
Is that good or bad? I don’t know. –Rumi
This is my blood, donated for you
When my arm is stretched out and blood is trickling out of me, I find myself thinking of Jesus.
April 17, Easter Day C (John 20:1-18)
Mary has no hand to clutch or shoulder to lean on.