The first time I read Barbara Brown Taylor’s new memoir, Leaving Church, I was disturbed. The problem was not with the writing (she’s a gifted

[The Prophet] gives the name of wings to the rays of the sun; and this comparison has much beauty, for it is taken from nature

My wood-pallet compost bin is decomposing. Not only the leaves and coffee grounds and eggshells inside it, but the bin itself. It desperately needs to

As I sing the servant song during evening worship, a familiar image recurs. In my imagination, I am standing on a dock, reaching down to

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Paul Jonathan Willis after Charles Harper Webb As in the Apostle Paul, of course– a big name, though the word means little. I’ve always found

Reading prominent theological ethicists and social philosophers over the last couple of decades, one might get the impression that liberal democratic values and Christian beliefs