Finding God outside the church walls

The Spirit is God’s wild card, played over and over again when old forms fail.

by Barbara Brown Taylor

Do I consider myself a Christian?

I know one thing: there is holiness.

by Annie Dillard

Why is Betsy DeVos taking CARES funding from underprivileged schools and giving it to private schools? 

Our nation’s public schoolchildren deserve better.

From the Editors

Becoming less defensive about white privilege

The Christian faith provides some tools for letting go of our defensiveness.

by Peter Marty

Living by the Word for July 19 (Ordinary 16A) 

Sometimes we don’t see what’s right in front of us.

by Emily C. Heath

Ordinary 16A archives

The good death in three stages

Finding peace with neighbors, ourselves, and God

by Samuel Wells

What it means to be a body in Hong Kong

The protests confront us with a difficult question.

by Richard Wu