My faith rests in the eventual restoration of all things and the resurrection of the dead. Resurrection demands that the dead ...

I am simply dumbfounded at the power of her imagination, making connections and challenging intuitions and making her readers ...

The new ballpark was built to the west of the Dan Ryan Expressway directly across from the Robert Taylor Homes, a public ...

She often wore a bright pink jumper, and he donned a variety of colorful ties. They became for me a symbol of the best a ...

Religious people are really good at trying to keep all the “wrong” people away from Jesus.

Last week we took note of the striking fact that in Philippians 1 Paul was able to put up with some people who, although ...

Annie Dillard’s Holy the Firm was published in 1977 – the year of my birth. This short memoir spans three days of her life living in a cabin in the Puget Sound. “Nothing is going to happen in this ...

I’ve found my way to a new trail. I don’t yet know its footing, so I cautiously watch each step. I don’t know the folks I pass by, though we are becoming familiar with each new day.

Both books, which read as heroic adventures, helped generate the genre of memoirs by white pastors serving in cross-cultural situations.

So how in the world could Paul find it within himself to say, “What does it matter?” I would think Paul would deem this to ...

Content Warning: This blog post discusses suicide, depression, mental health struggles, and bereavemnent. Reader discretion is advised. Please take care of yourself while reading, and step away if ...