Latest Posts
Graveside Service
by Connie Clark
I said a few things: / you were lively, funny, a writer, faithful, / brave in your long slide to this place.
An Unfinished Death
by Sari Fordham
After a difficult relationship, Jill has one more struggle with her Dutch father-in-law Izaak, accepting his decision to die by euthanasia while still relatively healthy at 85.
Hospitality, Mercy, and Service
by Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry interviews Sister Dolores Schuh, truly a "Collegeville Great," as she prepares to turn 90.
Detours of Intention
by Tom Montgomery Fate
Tom Fate's latest, a travel memoir, is "Not only 'a journey into space,' as Nelle Morton once wrote, 'but a journey into presence.' Not tours, but unmarked detours. Detours of intention, which can be read two ways: sometimes I chose the route, but more often it chose me."
Articles & Essays
The Foolish Hope of a Good Power
by Angie Hong
"Good Power" is forged from vulnerability and safe spaces, vulnerability met with love and support, and good power raises up leaders who do the same.
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Afflicting the Comfortable: The White Church’s Call to Reject White Supremacyby Grant Grissom
On this 4th of July holiday, and every day, the White Christian Church needs to commit to speaking loudly against white supremacy and working, institutionally, to replace all elected officials who do not take a strong stand against white supremacy. -
On the sacred space of bathrooms for queer and trans folksby Kai (Sarah) Ngu
All anyone really wants in a bathroom is some privacy. But Kai Ngu also found bathrooms a good place to think, and shares some thoughts here. -
A Bitter Pillby Natarsha Prince Sanders
Natarsha Sanders recounts her battle to accept a difficult diagnosis, and to get the necessary treatment. Love and medicine get her there.
Interviews
Hospitality, Mercy, and Service
by Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry interviews Sister Dolores Schuh, truly a "Collegeville Great," as she prepares to turn 90.
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Growing up Gay in a Fractured Landby Tom Montgomery Fate
Taylor Brorby talks about toxic masculinity, activism, North Dakota, and his experience with a Reconciling in Christ church within the ELCA. -
The Call to Stepmotherby Susan Sink
Being a stepmother is a paradigm of the Christian life: you enter a broken situation and try to live with grace. -
Feminist Approaches to the Resurrectionby Susan Sink
Resident Scholar Shelly Matthews writes about issues of justice and authority in feminist readings of the resurrection.
Books
An Unfinished Death
by Sari Fordham
After a difficult relationship, Jill has one more struggle with her Dutch father-in-law Izaak, accepting his decision to die by euthanasia while still relatively healthy at 85.
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Detours of Intention
by Tom Montgomery Fate
Tom Fate's latest, a travel memoir, is "Not only 'a journey into space,' as Nelle Morton once wrote, 'but a journey into presence.' Not tours, but unmarked detours. Detours of intention, which can be read two ways: sometimes I chose the route, but more often it chose me." -
Steal Awayby Brandon Wrencher
"Stealing away became a metaphor for a lifestyle of fugitivity and holy deception." Don't miss this excerpt from Liberating Church: A Hush Harbor Manifesto by CI alum Brandon Wrencher. -
Growing up Gay in a Fractured Land
by Tom Montgomery Fate
Taylor Brorby talks about toxic masculinity, activism, North Dakota, and his experience with a Reconciling in Christ church within the ELCA.
Poetry
Graveside Service
by Connie Clark
I said a few things: / you were lively, funny, a writer, faithful, / brave in your long slide to this place.
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Every Day I Learn How the World Will Endby Lynn Domina
"Weeding toward the garden’s edge / one morning, I put my hand / on a nest of fire ants." -
Ascensionby Sally Witt, CSJ
On the Feast of the Ascension, we offer this poem by Sally Witt, CSJ. -
Unto Othersby Lauren K. Carlson
"In the forest I toured the wildflowers; / at home I sprayed herbicide."
