On not getting used to this

My spiritual practices have long been communal ones. I love people—and their presence.
by Melissa Florer-Bixler

The resource we most need during the coronavirus pandemic is human relationship

Staying connected during the COVID-19 pandemic

What does it mean to be the church when we can’t be together?
From the editors

Bringing forth Lazarus from a blank canvas

“Life is built, and then it stops, and then Christ reaches in and brings it forward again.”
Jessica Hooten Wilson interviews Ross Wilson

Youth ministry isn’t about fun

How one youth leader stopped being a chief counselor of fun and discovered something better.
by Andrew Root

Living by the Word for March 29, Lent 5A

Lazarus’s story is one of grief—and hope.
by Katie Hines-Shah

Lent 5A archives

Jesus doesn’t explain suffering

He faces it.
by Frank G. Honeycutt

Following the suffering Christ

Discipleship-as-self-improvement doesn’t much resemble the way of Jesus.
by Debra Dean Murphy

Four years after my mother died, we still haven’t scattered her ashes

They’re in a plastic bag in my closet.
by Heidi Haverkamp