Voices
Heidi Neumark
The transfiguration of Larissa
When my parishioner returned to church, she seemed to have crossed a threshold that revealed her true self.
Rachel Mann
The skin of Christ
The church is a body: scarred and punctured but feeling its way through the world.
Debie Thomas
Reclaiming the E word
Evangelism has become a dirty word among progressive Christians. But don’t we have good news to share?
Julian DeShazier
The little engine that needed collaborators
Clergy burnout happens when churches expect pastors to do everything and pastors oblige.
Jonathan Tran
Thinking through abortion ethics in the classroom
What if we began with character, my students and I asked, rather than rights?
Jonathan Tran
Giving disappointment its due
Some of our dreams won’t be fulfilled. While this may be a mercy, that’s no consolation.
Yolanda Pierce
Believing in the future
Everything I learn about science fills me with spiritual wonder.
Julian DeShazier
Our holy, human bodies
To build the Beloved Community, we need to think and talk and act differently about bodies.
Melissa Florer-Bixler
Our living waters are struggling to breathe
River baptisms are becoming a casualty of polluted waters.
Brian Bantum
The roots of my deconstruction
The cracks in my faith came slow, like when plants grow under concrete.
Isaac S. Villegas
A shower in the desert
At a migrant shelter in Tijuana, I met a woman who was about to give birth.
Rachel Mann
What sort of Christian story is viable in our time?
I’m hoping for one that’s lyrical, chastened, hallowed.
Debie Thomas
The feeling I no longer pray for
One of the reasons I left my childhood faith tradition is that I didn’t feel what I was supposed to feel.
Alejandra Oliva
A busload of migrants were told something was waiting for them in Chicago
It was our job to be that something.
Samuel Wells
The better part of faith
It’s possible to stop believing, but we can’t live without trust.
Alejandra Oliva
Knitting with Simone Weil
The philosopher’s call to attention reminds me I’m making a difference.
Julian DeShazier
The crowded elevator of opinions
We’ve become convinced that speaking is the most important thing we can do.