Why read Wendell Berry?
Theologian Norman Wirzba reflects on what he has learned about theology and Creation as a longtime friend and student of Wendell Berry.
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Letting grace guide how we welcome newcomers
A pastor notices how small gestures can help visitors breathe — and feel the grace of God — from the moment they step through the door.
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Brett McKinley Pardue
Writer and artist
‘Traumatized Church: What Paul’s Relationship with the Corinthian Church Teaches Us About Helping Those Who are Hurting’
In their new book, scholar Scot McKnight and therapist Adrienne Gibson argue that the apostle Paul was a deeply wounded man and that reading his letters can help us understand the effects of trauma.
Scot McKnight
Adrienne Gibson
‘Weathering Change: Seeking Peace Amid Life’s Tough Transitions’
Adapting to difficult change is like birds’ molting — messy, undignified, vulnerable, yet necessary — writes author Courtney Ellis in this excerpt from her book.
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Courtney Ellis
Pastor, Presbyterian Church of the Master
How to pray like a psalmist
To prayerfully metabolize their experience and discern God’s presence in their lives, Christian leaders can draw on the embodied example of Psalm 31, writes a spiritual director.
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Samuel Rahberg
Director, Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Direction at Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary
How children die in war
Reject the temptation and moral logic of redemptive violence, writes a Mennonite minister.
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Melissa Florer-Bixler
Writer and doctoral student
‘Confronting Islamophobia in the Church: Liturgical Tools for Justice’
Pastors who cofounded an interfaith organization offer three theological starting points for developing “holy envy” from a Baptist perspective in this excerpt from their new book.
Anna Piela
Michael Woolf
This year, Lent feels overwhelming
Exhausted by living with disability, a writer reflects on the watching and waiting that are part of the Lenten season — and her daily life.
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Allison Backous Troy
Writer and educator
‘Braving the Truth: Essential Essays for Reckoning with and Reimagining Faith’
In a new posthumous collection of her essays, friends of writer Rachel Held Evans reflect on her work. Theologian Candice Marie Benbow shares thoughts in this excerpt on feminism and allyship.
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Candice Marie Benbow
Author
‘God of All Promises: A Poetic Pilgrimage through Genesis’
In this excerpt from his posthumous book, noted theologian Walter Brueggemann offers prayers, and probes into the deep, as he reflects on Genesis.
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Walter Brueggemann
Theologian and author
Martin Luther King Jr. is a hero who was also human
The people we admire must reflect a faithful commitment to ongoing spiritual formation despite their flaws. That is more important than perfection, a Methodist pastor writes.
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Justin Coleman
Senior pastor, University United Methodist Church
