Patheos Peeps: Elizabeth Nordquist on Walking as Spiritual Discipline
Every Friday, I post a link to a blog post written by one of my fellow bloggers at Patheos, a web portal devoted to religion and spirituality. I encourage my blog readers to click through to read these...
View ArticleA Conversation About Reproductive Decisions and Faith
I was privileged to have a wonderful conversation several weeks ago with Martha Manikas-Foster, who hosts a show called Inside Out for Family Life Radio. Martha and I have talked and corresponded over...
View ArticlePatheos (& Other) Peeps: The Festival of Faith and Writing
Every Friday, I post a link to a blog post, sometimes written by one of my fellow bloggers at Patheos, a web portal devoted to religion and spirituality, and sometimes by another blogger whose work I...
View ArticleOn Being a Mixed-Label Christian
As I explain in the About Me section of this blog, I wear a number of labels that don’t always go together naturally. Like “evangelical” and “Episcopalian.” Mostly, I would like to not be terribly...
View ArticleWhat Shane Claiborne (& Mother Teresa!) Got Wrong: On Being the Body of...
Last spring, I heard a terrific talk from Shane Claiborne at the Festival of Faith & Writing. Claiborne, a prominent voice in progressive Christian circles, lives in Philadelphia’s inner city,...
View ArticleWhy I am Grateful to Be an Episcopalian: Part 3 – Thanksgiving
Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. My identity as an Episcopalian stems partly from family history and partly from choice. On this Thanksgiving Eve, I am grateful for how the Episcopal Church has...
View ArticleWhen Conflicting Stories Are Both True: Illness, Identity, and the Tales We...
In his vast and gripping book, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity, journalist Andrew Solomon discusses the two narratives that we use when we talk about life with...
View ArticleRachel Stone’s “Eat with Joy”: Why Healthy Eating Goes Beyond What We Eat
It is fitting that I’m writing this review of Rachel Stone’s new book Eat with Joy (InterVarsity Press 2013) while eating lunch at a local French café—an establishment that embodies why Rachel insists...
View ArticleThe Kingdom Comes One Lonely Step at a Time—Until We Are Not Lonely Any More
Significant lifestyle changes (or even small changes) for the good of our earth and its inhabitants become sustainable and adoptable by a large population only when communal values change enough that...
View ArticleThe Redemption of the Mundane: My Post at Convergent Books
There’s a new imprint in town! Convergent Books is a division of Penguin Random House dedicated to books on progressive Christianity. I am thrilled and honored to have been invited to contribute to...
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