The Century's latest on the coronavirus pandemic
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.
My spouse is also my pastor
During the pandemic, I’ve realized how much I rely on her as a proxy for my faith.
A worship practice Zoom can’t replicate
Silence, in the Christian tradition, is a shared discipline as much as an individual one.
The religious door-knockers are back
These days I’m receiving them with a kinder heart.
An Omicron Christmas
I don’t know if this is the pandemic’s end game. I do know that new things are already being born in us.
A psalm of waiting as the pandemic continues
All plans feel like grass withering in the sun these days.
God’s nose
When COVID took my sense of smell, I was drawn to the Bible’s description of God’s.
My pandemic obsession with workplace comedies
Mythic Quest and Call My Agent have me feeling nostalgic for annoying colleagues and pointless meetings.
Willimon and Hauerwas’s out-of-season words on pastoral care
Pastors coping with the pandemic need our encouragement, not our carping.
How will history judge Latin American churches’ COVID response?
Likely with both praise and blame.
The inequity caused by vaccine nationalism is deadly
Why many low-income countries aren’t getting the doses they need
It takes faith to resist the attention economy
We need to relearn a capacity to dwell in God’s presence.
Has the pandemic prepared us for pilgrimages?
We’re hungrier than ever for physicality, place, and embodiment.
My first post-pandemic flight was a bumpy ride
I murmured my prayers, counted my breaths, and got through it.
How I learned to love church coffee
“The coffee is much better now that we attend a Lutheran church,” I told my husband, wailing.
Where is my love to go?
Imagine God asking that question. You’ll get an insight into God’s heart.
What being vaccinated has taught me about spiritual restlessness
I have the freedom to say yes to things again. And I still have the freedom to say no.
Annie Dillard’s The Writing Life wasn’t made for times like these
But it has helped me to survive them.
As the world reopens post-pandemic, how will we find our way in it?
In Teresa of Avila, I’ve found a guide on this new path.
Jellyfish at prayer
Is V. velella a colony or an individual? When does sharedness dissolve into oneness?