Author

Jessica Bratt

Ph.D. candidate, Vanderbilt University

Jessica Bratt is pursuing a Ph.D. in religion, psychology and culture at Vanderbilt University. She is ordained in the Reformed Church in America and previously served as a chaplain at Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. She was formerly on denominational staff as Executive Coordinator in the Office of the General Secretary of the Reformed Church in America.

Jessica Bratt: Holy land, living stones

By Jessica Bratt Ph.D. candidate, Vanderbilt University

Travels through Israel-Palestine raise a pressing question: How might Christians be “living stones” in such a complex religious and political place?

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Journeying with Jesus' body

By Jessica Bratt Ph.D. candidate, Vanderbilt University

Jessica Bratt: Beyond civility

By Jessica Bratt Ph.D. candidate, Vanderbilt University

I am disheartened by the vitriol in current social and political discourse. But let’s not pretend that civility will fix it.

Jessica Bratt: We're increasingly religiously illiterate. So what?

By Jessica Bratt Ph.D. candidate, Vanderbilt University

While we grow more ignorant of our own and our neighbors' faith, Starbucks proclaims, “Take Comfort in Rituals.”

Jessica Bratt: What I learned from the General Secretary

By Jessica Bratt Ph.D. candidate, Vanderbilt University

Wes Granberg-Michaelson has shown a rooted identity as a leader of the Reformed Church in America.

Jessica Bratt: No entry for global south Christians

By Jessica Bratt Ph.D. candidate, Vanderbilt University

The World Communion of Reformed Churches is trying to catch up with being a truly global church. The US government would have none of it.

Jessica Bratt: The art of the non-anxious presence

By Jessica Bratt Ph.D. candidate, Vanderbilt University

“The artist is present” offered museum visitors the rare gift of being fully present with them.