Our family moved this winter. We're in the same town, just in another house about a mile down the road ...

Today we celebrate the feast day of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor who was, maybe most notably, an ...

Many social movements, even those founded on strong convictions and good intentions, often flounder over time. They may lack a ...

A couple of months after the pandemic started, I drove a couple of miles down Fruitvale Avenue, determined to purchase ...

Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord: Let it be with me according to your word.”—Luke ...

In March 2019, I first learned that I was going to be a father. In those initial moments, I felt ...

Do you like snakes? I am not particularly fond of them, so if Saint Patrick popped around to banish them ...

Boredom is a safe and loved child's worst nightmare. Keeping the mind busy when the body is required to sit ...

“I am a Christian.”—The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity. Tr. Thomas J Heffernan. Oxford University Press, 2012. When did you ...

I remember the jokes that weren’t entirely joking as we entered Lent in 2021…wait, hasn’t the last year been a ...

I have always admired those who, even when disillusioned by the church, choose to stay engaged—wrestling with their doubts until ...

“What language would you speak if you could speak any language?” someone asked as we reviewed the liturgical calendar during ...