Category: The Magazine

Artist Mary Jane Miller reflects on the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well

We review David Gushee and Colin Holtz’s collection of profiles of 14 moral leaders

Requiring believers to accept a particular view on marriage in order to follow Christ comes closer to the behavior of the those condemned by St Paul than the behavior of provinces which have expanded their understanding of marriage. The doctrine of marriage has the appearance of becoming a new “circumcision.”

A prose poem on the Creation

 Problems move like storms.  Let them.

Two poems from Denver-based poet Brother Daniel Klawitter

When we think about some of the commandments, we’re not even done fulfilling loving of our enemies. We don’t get to move on anything else. Later on, we can find out if we were right all along about this and that issue. We’re here to help each other, not to be right or wrong about this or that.”

Letters can be the sacred texts of our own lives

In this second part of a series, author Kelly Wilson explores the experiences and concerns of the next generations of Asian Americans with regard to the church and American society and considers the unique challenges and gifts in their search for a spiritual home.

As a whole community of readers, followers, and friends continue to reflect on Evans’ work and mourn the loss of not only a teacher, but the leader of a whole flock of believers online and off, I went back through our interview to listen once again to her insights about the Episcopal Church.