Guest Post
The power of somos más in Puerto Rico
A new song of liberation is born.
Carried by a song of words
I read a book of poems straight through without stopping. I couldn't help it.
Hearing the apostle Paul’s words in a hospital stroke unit
Struck down but not destroyed, perplexed but not forsaken
Prayer isn’t a gumball machine
Toxic theology in the wake of mass violence
This Sunday, pray for the reunification of Korea
National Liberation Day of Korea spurs us to celebrate the past and work for a united future.
The conversation about faith and sex that The Bachelorette sparked
And that conversation’s inevitable limits
After the personal salvation gospel
The world won't be saved by my prayers or virtuous desires.
Time waits for no one
I went to see the Rolling Stones play again—and revisited an adolescent fantasy.
It’s time for Americans to trust other people
The border struggle and the problem of collective distrust
When daughters of fathers seek justice
Looking for God in the murkiness of human relationships.
Communing with the saints
At mass with my friend, I received grace through hospitality—without receiving bread and wine.
Seeing myself in the story of the Feast of the Visitation
I've long identified with Mary's fire. Now I want to learn from Elizabeth.
The essential challenge of anti-Judaism in the Bible
Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.
See the asylum seekers’ wounds and believe
At the border, survivors of violence present their scarred bodies as testimony.
I learned to pray at Notre Dame Cathedral
Was the familiar God I knew as a preacher's kid the same one who inspired such greatness?
The Easter Maybe people
Some of us church insiders have more in common with the undecided folks than we often say.
Learning what happiness is (and isn’t) from my daughter with Down syndrome
Penny embodies the kind of love that holds onto hope amid suffering, redemption amid pain, and forgiveness amid hurt.
Christ against trolling
The New Zealand shooter, meme culture, and alienation from meaning