Life of Faith
Station Eleven and the purpose of art
With the world as they knew it gone, the characters remake the world from the resources they carry inside them.
Why should we care about what’s happening to the Uyghurs?
Chamath Palihapitiya’s question is worth taking seriously.
Cultivating Christ-like compassion
We may feel compassion in our guts, but we learn it by practicing empathic solidarity.
We need a more robust theology of holy delight
Christianity is not only about pain and death. It’s about life and joy.
The value of jokes in Jewish-Christian dialogue
Have you heard the one about the priest, the minister, and the rabbi?
Approaching religious pluralism through the Bible’s other brothers
Tyler Mayfield offers a fresh look at Cain, Ishmael, and Esau.
February 27, Transfiguration B (Luke 9:28-36 [37-43a])
In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus—like Moses and Elijah—is a figure of departure.
We need a word for mothers whose children have died
Karla F. C. Holloway offers one from Sanskrit: vilomah.
Benedict options learned from actual Benedictines
Patrick Henry’s vision of monasticism is not a fleeing ark, but a marsh teeming with life.
Preparing for winter, preparing for God
The Spirit’s presence often feels like winter’s dry wind.
February 20, Epiphany 7 (Luke 6:27-38)
It’s a terrible fact that we have so many opportunities to love our enemies.
Trauma and embodiment
Hillary McBride draws on psychology and theology to encourage us to befriend our bodies.
February 13, Epiphany 6C (Luke 6:17–26)
Luke’s Beatitudes call us to live in the tension of a cross-shaped life.
Anya Silver’s heart-wrenchingly beautiful last poems
Saint Agnostica is a chronicle of grief, love, and mystery.
Baptist and Buddhist
Stuck in the throes of a chaplain’s crisis, I leaned on the everlasting arms while consulting the ancient dharma.
February 6, Epiphany 5C (Luke 5:1–11)
The disciples focused on what they could control: the state of their nets.