His foundation is in the holy mountains.       The LORD loves the gates of Zion More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob.    

This fall I’ll be teaching a new course–Modern Christian Writers–so all summer I’ve been dipping into Marilynne Robinson, Thomas Merton, Jane Kenyon, and Maurice Manning,

Micah 6:8 is a championed verse among progressive, social justice minded ministers of the Gospel. We love the prophet’s heralding of believers to do justice

We live in curious times.  On the one hand, a surprising percentage of American Christians expend a great deal of energy denying a huge swath

Is there anyone left who still thinks we live in a post-racial society because we elected a black President? Surely the events of the past

God of Peace, You created the heavens and the earth, and all that we see and experience all around us. After each day of creation,

by Steven Rodriguez I’ve been reading some letters of theologians Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. They are a fascinating window into a friendship at a

This summer I began as the interim pastor of my church. For the evening sermons we’ve been working through Our World Belongs to God along

by Kate Kooyman Remember a week ago, when the President was threatening nuclear war? (Doesn’t that feel like a long time ago?) I was stunned