Life of Faith
The Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey taught me how to pray again
So why didn’t I want to introduce my Methodist congregants to them?
Maybe it’s time for me to let go of Thomas Merton
Who do I pay attention to who may be prophetically controversial today?
’Tis the season for royal Christmas movies
What exactly is it about the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ that says “tiara romance”?
December 24/25, Nativity (Isaiah 52:7-10; John 1:1-14)
What is the story within the story that we need to hear anew?
Don’t tell my Pentecostal mom, but I pray the Hail Mary
My Grandma Violet was the black sheep of our family. I think of her when I pray.
The White Iowans and Latino and African migrants of the meatpacking industry
Kristy Nabhan-Warren’s ethnographic study complicates familiar views of the Corn Belt.
The human moments of pastoral care
There’s something uniquely precious about being physically present with people.
Some trees are like mothers
Scientist Susanne Simard on how trees communicate and nurture each other
Why I came back around to repentance
First I needed to meet a progressive, gracious God.
End-of-life decisions in the ICU
The Christian tradition has something to say about the ethics of extending life.
The stickers and boomers of Idaho’s Treasure Valley
Grace Olmstead has written a reverent ode to those who stick around.
Why are so many of the most influential moms on the internet Mormon?
Influencer culture and LDS theology fit together surprisingly well.
I just can’t quit Facebook
Yes, it’s harmful to children, democracy, and much more. It also makes my life better.
Diana Butler Bass’s love letter to Jesus
Freeing Jesus is not the kind of book we expect from someone with a PhD.
American Christians tend to imagine a God who thinks and looks like us
How do you see the face we cannot see?
The beautiful faith of Rachel Held Evans
Like all of her work, her posthumous book is warm, wise, and intimate.