I have an entire shelf of books about sex in my office at church: historical critical analyses of sexuality in ancient Israel and first century Rome, dense volumes of theology […]
Color me skeptical. When I first noticed craft-store and grocery-store displays of mandala coloring books, artist-quality colored pencils, and overpriced pen sets, all marketed to adults, I winced. Don’t get […]
During divinity school, I encountered the late medieval ars moriendi, handbooks on dying with grace. The entire concept of dying well seemed incredibly, uncomfortably foreign to my 22 year-old spirit: […]
“If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one,” is one of the most chilling lines in Spotlight, a film based on the […]
I am not ashamed to admit that the much-anticipated Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens brought me to tears. Maybe a part of that was hearing John Williams’s iconic […]
Ministry is like no other job in the world. A normal workweek might include tasks that look similar to the work of a counselor, a teacher, an entrepreneur, a […]
In my world as a solo minister, the line between work and play, home and church, is blurry and indistinct. Every book I pick up has the potential to become […]
Rarely can a book successfully weave together complex theological concepts, social justice frameworks, and the stories of ordinary people of faith. Pre-Post Racial America: Spiritual Stories from the Front Lines […]
While I was serving as a camp chaplain this summer, a young woman asked me if I could recommend a Jesus movie. Her question surprised me at first: I wasn’t […]
Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates 152 pp. Spiegel & Grau. When my son Moses was baptized I wrote him a letter about what baptism means for me. It […]
