Church
Post-evangelical healing
Charles Marsh writes beautifully about the anxiety instilled by his childhood faith—and the therapy it took to overcome it.
On Native land
Land acknowledgments can do a lot of good—if they’re rooted in solid process and relationships.
The priest behind the screen
Oddly enough, some of the best TV shows about clergy come from secular Europe.
Finding church after religious trauma
Brooke Petersen gathers the stories of eight queer Christians who left churches—and found new ones.
Meet the Church of Sweden’s archbishop-elect
Martin Modéus will lead the national church during a time of profound change.
The Night Pastor
I recently came across a record by 1960s Episcopal priest and jazz musician Robert Owen.
A church made of dust
After each service, I sweep up the dirt, specks of plastic, and tendrils of hair.
September 4, Ordinary 23C (Jeremiah 18:1–11)
There is nothing markedly sacred about the potter’s house.
Drawing God
A graphic novel about the Hebrew God, a collection of cartoons about Jesus, and a comic strip about the Holy Ghost
Ministry with the grieving
Twenty of us gathered to talk about having a job that requires us to weep with those who weep.
The World Council of Churches in wartime
The grim future of communion with the Russian Orthodox Church
What does it mean to be a green church during a climate crisis?
It’s a way of life. But it starts small.
Getting to yes on paid family leave
“We decided that we would be the last committee in the Episcopal Church to deal with this issue.”
My last note from the global church
This specialized column made more sense 14 years ago than it does now.
What I left out of my mother’s funeral sermon
I told the truth about her but not the whole truth.
Black men I’ve mourned
I’ve preached more than 800 funeral sermons. Many of these deaths have marked me.
Preaching in the valley of actual death
My task at funerals is to share the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
Reckoning with the careless ableism of the church
Amy Kenny’s call for disability justice leads with righteous anger but offers grace.