Category: The Magazine

We review Shea Tuttle’s book; Exactly As You Are: The Faith And Life of Mr. Rogers

The Rev. Jess Elfring Roberts is talking to me with a four-year-old yelling in the background. She is a deacon in Chicago. She wants to be that bridge between young people who see themselves left out of the church and the church as she knows it to be: empowering, supportive, and liberating.

An artist, collaborating with elements, be they words, clay or paints, is entering vulnerable territory when taking up the tools of the trade to make a new thing.  To make a new thing is a vulnerable act that takes enormous courage. And then, even if the book is written or the cup is fired, there are the critics.  Critics abound.

We review Near the Exit, a soulful travel guide to death by Lori Erickson

We continue our series on the diaconate with an interview with the Venerable Canon Nina Pickerrell

The season in which we find ourselves is one that reflects on death.  Every culture and religious tradition makes a big deal out of death in the “laugh or you will cry” sort of way and our culture is no exception.

The Rev. Deacon Stephen runs a bike shop. He provides free bikes for folks who have a ways to go to work and school and no money for transportation.

Sometimes things just do not turn out the way we had planned, or even dared to hope. The often-quoted phrase “Compare and despair.” is a valuable reminder to me that when I compare myself and my life to others, despair is usually the only result. 

This is part two of a series on the diaconate. In this installment, we interview The Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry

We review Wendy LeBolt’s “Made to Move: Knowing and Loving God Through Our Bodies;” a guide to becoming a kinesthetic Christian