Thanksgiving isn’t just a rote exercise over turkey and stuffing one time a year. Truly giving thanks means making the connection between our daily bread and the Bread of Life, writes Fred Bahnson.
Even the most honest storytellers shave details or spin behavior in the best possible light, writes Brian Volck. Does that mean they are not telling the truth?
It might not be cool to listen to southern gospel music in American academia. But to understand it is to understand the rest of our culture.
Both the contemporary poet Wendell Berry and the Iron-Age writers of the psalms evoke the sacredness of ordinary space and of ordinary work, writes Ellen F. Davis.
An old-time evangelist spoke at Duke recently. His name wasn't Graham or Jakes. It was Kristof.
Leadership is about providing a space for another to grow into. Witness "The Banjo Player," an old-time musician, and the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
Sweet Honey in the Rock creates music. Both sacred and secular songs come out of the rich textures of the African-American tradition.
The recent slate of books stemming from evangelical ethnography show that whatever our theological persuasion, we all love a good conversion story.
The parallels between the decline in print journalism and that in mainline Protestantism are eerie. Their renewal will require creative renewals of the best of their traditions for a new day.
Cover art/graphic by Kyle T. Webster
Confession as art. Thousands of people send postcards with their deepest secrets to the website PostSecret.com. But some wonder: Does a postcard truly fulfill the need to confess?