Life of Faith
What does it mean to worship an all-powerful God?
These times call into question the nature and morality of power.
What if COVID-19 changes nothing?
People keep saying we’ll be forever transformed by this pandemic. I’m skeptical.
Why there is no quest for the historical Mr. Rogers
Knowing the real Fred means seeing the unseen.
What Christian hope looks like during a pandemic
Living into the desired new creation is our work—and God’s promise.
What’s behind dehumanization?
A book about the psychology and politics of doing terrible things to one another
Maybe this really is a time of divine judgment
Amid pandemic and protest, will we turn to each other and live?
Finding God outside the church walls
The Spirit is God’s wild card, played over and over again when old forms fail.
We need our screens right now. But what about later?
Ed Cyzewski’s prepandemic takedown of the digital formation of Christians is still surprisingly useful.
Becoming less defensive about white privilege
The Christian faith provides some tools for letting go of our defensiveness.
Talking to white kids about what whiteness means
Three children’s books to help start the conversation
I don’t forgive the man who murdered my cousin DePayne at Mother Emanuel
To insist on a narrative of forgiveness is dehumanizing and violent. It goes against the very nature of lament.
The gift of nurturing small things during isolation
What deep desire do my sourdough starter and jade clippings represent?
Imagination as a lens for making sense of the world
Cultivating a shared Christian imagination
The coronavirus is helping us rehearse for our own deaths
“A lot of people want to talk about the big questions; they just don’t know how to get started.”
My pandemic comfort viewing
Three TV shows and movies that have combated loneliness and brought welcome distraction
Social distancing lessons from the anchoresses
It takes more than isolation to make us into contemplatives.
Caught up in God
Early on, I got caught up in the logic of the Spirit—and in the steady beat of black life.