by Mitch Randall | Aug 1, 2025 | Opinion
There was a time in my faith journey when I believed truth meant certainty grounded by “correct” belief and practice. Based on this lofty notion, I also felt my mission was to bring everyone I encountered to the place where my faith and practice resided. If anyone...
by Erin Parks | Aug 1, 2025 | Opinion
As I have watched the news, written, prayed and moved about my life during this summer in which tyrants and evil seem to be “getting their way,” my first instinct is to rely on my heavily pragmatic Protestant upbringing. What can I do when the world is burning? I turn...
by Jason Edwards | Jul 31, 2025 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for The Fantastic Four: First Steps. In the heart of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, as fear deepens and public pressure mounts, Sue Storm steps outside into the rising tension of a world teetering on panic. Holding her...
by Angela Yarber | Jul 31, 2025 | Opinion
Pride Month may be behind us, but the need for the church to honor queer life remains a present reality. So, the focus of today’s Belief Behind the Book is Diana McLean’s Love is the Why: Heart-Centered Poems by a Queer Woman Minister. Belief Behind the Book is a...
by Peggy Haymes | Jul 30, 2025 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of columns on grief as spiritual formation. She wasn’t happy about it in her later years. First working with dying patients in the hospital and then working with thousands of grieving people all over the world, Elisabeth...
by Anna Parish | Jul 30, 2025 | Opinion
Seven months ago, my maternal grandmother, with whom I was very close, passed away. This week, my mom’s side of the family and I are vacationing in the Outer Banks, our first annual summer trip without her. I hope through sharing my contemplations on our getaway and...
