by Craig Nash | Oct 6, 2026 | Opinion
We love stories of people dying well. They allow us to slow down and identify what truly matters in life. They invite us to live the next few minutes of our lives as if they are our last, because they just may be. Yet how do we talk about those who were given a...
by Michael Chancellor | Jul 16, 2026 | Opinion
Content Warning: Self-harm and Suicide. As a proud father of three now-grown boys, I have a lot of lived experience with things getting broken. After receiving a Christmas gift from us one year, our oldest son went to his room. When he returned the next morning, he...
by Molly Shoulta Tucker | Apr 16, 2026 | Opinion
The day after my brother, Jeremy, was put in hospice care, I started to write a list of things that are stupid. My life and career are built on preaching poetic and theologically astute descriptions of God, leading a staff to enact justice and goodness in all we do,...
by Jamie Marich | Apr 8, 2026 | Opinion
Every clinical organization I follow on social media issued a statement expressing its “disappointment” the day after the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Colorado’s ban on the unethical and clinically unfounded practice of “conversion therapy.” The court cited...
by Craig Nash | Mar 31, 2026 | Opinion
Hanan Townshend grew up on a dairy farm in New Zealand, which he acknowledges is an easy upbringing to romanticize. He does have fond memories of his childhood tending to the rhythms of farm life, but refers to the work as requiring “constant devotion.” It may have...