Life of Faith
Reading the creation story in a dying world
The poetry of Genesis 1 invites us into a sort of palliative care for the earth.
Children’s books for tough conversations
We asked 11 writers to tell us about a book that opens up space for adults and children to discuss important questions.
“Self-interest seemed almost omnipotent”
Langdon Gilkey’s account of his imprisonment during WWII is a study in how humans act under pressure.
When the chapel is the most open place on campus
Virginia Woolf’s ideal university had no chapel. Mine has more than one.
The gift of relying on others
Briallen Hopper develops an alternative to the twin American creeds of self-reliance and marriage.
How I learned to love the doctrine of total depravity
When unremitting human sin is something I expect, I can face evil without despair.
When our past sins come up
There's no perfect way to atone, but humility is a good start.
A word that helps keep me rooted as the child of immigrants
Nadhe is a longing and a hope, a heaven and a solid place on earth.
In the Radical Listening Project, Carol Gilligan’s work has found its voice
The psychologist’s new project makes explicit the moral imperative that has animated her work for decades.
A palliative care physician writes about the mystery of faith
Sunita Puri’s memoir models the kind of compassion and wisdom she brings to her patients.
Family caregivers and the different journeys they’re on
The roller coaster, the marathon, and the deep end
We’re all going to die. Why is it so hard to talk about it?
Most of us don’t fear death so much as the process leading up to it.
A wedding reception that felt like Cana
We drank wine, danced with abandon, and caught a glimpse of grace.
Discovering sabbath in my mother’s hospice room
She was a staunch observer of sabbath. It took her death for me to appreciate why.
Trees communicate with one another. I’m trying to listen.
My favorite is a 100-year-old male cottonwood. I call him Grandfather.
