Literature

Shane McCrae: Poetry communicates another way of being in the world

Poetry and belief in God helped a writer engage with the world and move beyond his horrific upbringing.

Richard Lischer: What’s the secret to spiritual memoir? Honesty.

A true story about the life of faith includes the messiness, failures and griefs of human experience. It also offers hope, says the professor emeritus and author of a new book about spiritual memoir.

Emily Knox: Book bannings are a lagging indicator of society's reaction to change

An associate professor of information science draws on her training in religious studies to frame book banning’s current resurgence.

Jamie McGhee and Adam Hollowell: ‘Either we mean it, or we don’t’

The authors of a new book frame a path for reflection and action based on the works of James Baldwin.

Banning books restricts the image of God

Recent nationwide efforts to ban books endanger our society and our spirits.

By Khristi Lauren Adams Author

Image link to article: Banning books restricts the image of God

John Pavlovitz: Let's work to become better humans

A North Carolina pastor and author discusses his upcoming book, being people of compassion and the importance of doing the work.

Advent 2020 -- leaning into divine mystery

The right plot and cast of characters can help prepare us for a holy season of watching and waiting, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

By Gretchen E. Ziegenhals Spiritual director and retreat leader

Image link to article: Advent 2020 -- leaning into divine mystery

How poetry can help kids -- and all of us -- practice lament

Poetry from the book of Lamentations invites us to find words for our feelings and offers a form to contain that which feels uncontainable and uncontrollable, says a writer.

By Amy Peterson Writer

Image link to article: How poetry can help kids -- and all of us -- practice lament

Churches need to do the work of welcoming others and their stories

Stories are sacred -- especially the stories that are undertold and suppressed, says the author in an excerpt from a new book that tells her own story of rediscovering God as a Potawatomi woman.