Pandemic Pandemonium By Catherine Keller Photo: Le Pandemonium, by John Martin, 1841, Le Louvre Pandemic and pandemonium—was it mere alliteration insistently linking those two words in my head? They seem disconnected: the pandemic has Read more…
The Great Pandemic Novel Will Not Be About the Pandemic By Alissa Jones Nelson If someone asked you to list the necessary tools for global transformation, fiction might not be high on your list. But Read more…
Mantra: These are Trauma Days By Anna Mercedes More than two months into working and parenting from home during the coronavirus pandemic, I am grateful to the teachers who had shown me, before the new Read more…
Is This an Apocalypse? We Certainly Hope So—You Should Too By Catherine Keller and John Thatamanil The COVID-19 pandemic has many Christian communities wondering if the Apocalypse has finally arrived. We very much hope so. Read more…
When a Pandemic Makes the Impossible, Possible By Dion Forster What has been particularly interesting for me in this coronavirus pandemic is how things that we believed were impossible, suddenly became possible. I call them Read more…
Spotting Democracy’s Disruption in a Pandemic By J.D. Mechelke In a pandemic, our attention should be on stopping spread, sickness, and death. But there are less obvious places our attention should be. A state of Read more…
Fire, Fury, and Heartache: Is Hope Possible After This Devastation? By Jay Johnston Photo Credit: Wallaby – © Jay Johnston 2019 I am Australian. Living on the south–eastern seaboard of New South Wales I simply Read more…
White Supremacy at the Farmers’ Market By Sarah M. Pike Political polarization has been increasing since the election of President Donald Trump, whose xenophobic views have emboldened white supremacists. On college campuses, violent attacks from Read more…
“Who Art in Heaven,” they/them/their By Anna Mercedes When I was in seminary training to be a pastor, inclusive gender language in worship was all the rage. I was at a progressive Christian school and Read more…
Learning to Desire Truly: Spirituality in a Post-Truth Age By John Thatamanil Spirituality is everywhere. From steady growth in the ranks of the SBNR (Spiritual But Not Religious) to immense growth in the mindfulness movement, Read more…
