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Interviews
Conversations with fascinating people within the church and in secular settings
Milcah Lalam: Theater helped people heal from trauma in South Sudan
A Christian peace worker explains how drama, music and dance can help people struggling with deep trauma -- and why lament is healthy.
Ian Johnson: The return of religion in China
All but destroyed during Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, religious life -- including Christianity -- is once again on the rise in China, says the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘The Souls of China.’
Catherine Coleman Flowers: Environmental justice means giving poor people a voice
An environmental justice activist from Lowndes County, Alabama, talks about the intersection of civil rights, history, environmental activism and the fight for poor people across the country.
Tim Shapiro: To do new things well, congregations must learn
An effective learning process almost always begins with comprehensively yet succinctly naming the challenge at hand, the president of the Indianapolis Center for Congregations says in this interview about his new book.
Owen Gottlieb: Religious teaching can use gaming technology to reach people where they are
Technology offers different capabilities -- storytelling, problem solving, design thinking -- to engage learners in religious teaching, says a rabbi and game designer.
Michael W. Waters: The church should embrace hip-hop
In his new book, “Stakes Is High,” an AME pastor writes about issues of justice, race and hope. In this interview, he also talks about why he thinks hip-hop can help revitalize the church.
John Inazu: Confident pluralism -- surviving and thriving through deep difference
Despite deep and irresolvable differences, Americans must find a way to live together, a Washington University law professor says in this interview. He calls for a ‘confident pluralism,’ bolstered in part by tolerance, humility and patience.
Stacey Toews: How a fair-trade business helps further the work of Christ
Level Ground Trading is dedicated to fair trade with farmers. But its co-founder also has a larger, theological vision: a system designed for the good of all.
Carol Howard Merritt: I needed community to be able to heal my spiritual wounds
The author of “Healing Spiritual Wounds” talks about how the church was a source of both wounding and healing.
