When sovereignty is used in church, it is typically code for a God who is distant, enigmatic, and unaccountable.

To bear God’s image is not a description of capacity. It is a description of relationship. Human beings are made to reflect God’s character, to

I spent a full semester during my doctoral program in a supervised study of the book of Matthew, and I can confirm from my experience

That conversation transformed my muddle into stark clarity. Belief was the key, and I was a believer. The next day, I sought out Dov Wartofsky

If industrial fracking sends pressurized liquid underground to loosen and harvest fossil fuels, “attentional fracking” does the same thing to our minds. Every algorithm trying

Total dependence on others for my daily care stripped away ego and any sense of agency. I was immobile, unable to have a shower or

The God of Grampa’s living room was dour—though, to be fair, the light that poured in through the picture window—that illuminated the whole scene—had a

I suppose many attitudes surround people’s work. I can truly say that I enjoyed almost all the jobs I had. Even “humping” freight on the

Not long ago, I was part of a group from our church that accompanied Javier to the local office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

I was raised with a freedom to ask questions about my faith. I didn’t have the sort of fundamentalist baggage that I now discover many

While I grieved for the broken relationship between church and pastor, I was also excited about this opportunity for myself. After the initial three weeks

I remember vividly the day my death-denying illusions were shattered—it happened when I was a senior in high school. A friend had driven home from