Life of Faith
April 17, Easter Day C (John 20:1-18)
Mary has no hand to clutch or shoulder to lean on.
A path back together through reading contemplative classics
My students and I are finding our way into the world again with Evagrius, Teresa of Ávila, and Howard Thurman.
Episode 4: Saying yes to the search with Karen Johnson
“I love this process of searching because oftentimes, we end up finding what we’re looking for but not in the way that we imagined when we started the process—not how we originally thought we would find God.”
American GIs and the chaplains who served them
Kurt Piehler reconstructs the lived religious experience of the World War II battlefield.
My spouse is also my pastor
During the pandemic, I’ve realized how much I rely on her as a proxy for my faith.
Episode 3: Finding nourishment with Gary Nabhan
“We have learned to accept diversity in the many peoples around us by falling in love with their foods… that’s why I’m optimistic.”
Amara Ifeji works at the intersection of climate and racial justice
The Nigerian-born activist grew up in Maine playing with the dirt—and experiencing environmental racism.
The receptive, reflective act of paying attention
For Simone Weil, paying attention means asking, ”What are you going through?”
Episode 2: Discovering the Palace of the Lady with Mohamed Waheeb
“We are not exaggerating when we say that we found the remains of the two rooms of Mary of Egypt. This is no legend; it’s reality. It’s a holy place, where the heavens opened three times. . . . It is the most important spot in the world.”
Iona was once the beating heart of Celtic Christianity
The only thing it lacked was a desert—so the monks imagined one.
The Didache’s ancient wisdom on baptism lands differently in a megadrought
Faith and water conservation in the desert
After my son died, I went looking for God in the desert
If anything had an honest answer, it would be the canyon’s cool indifference and heartbreaking beauty.
Episode 1: Translating the saints with Carmen Acevedo Butcher
“In letting the documents speak to me, I was able to see that the main message is ‘God is love.’ That’s it.”
One woman’s mission to create a thru-hiking trail in Mexico
“The most magical part of thru-hiking is the community that we share.”
Lent beckons like an open door
For 40 days, we contend with our mortality so that we might know what it means to live.
Two tough questions at the coffee shop
Why are you still in the church? Why bother with Christianity at all?
What does it mean to be a Christian plumber?
Most of us have nouns in common; it’s the adjectives that divide us.
Season One preview
Season One: the desert, a traditional place in the history of Christianity to begin searches.
What happens when Mormon women are called to ordained ministry?
Talking with five former LDS members who left to go to seminary