Finding the Gifts of the Asian American Church
In this profound essay, Julie Yeeun Kim urges Asian American Christians to confront and explore the pain of their particular experience, to wrestle with God, in order to discover their unique gifts.
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Paw Washing
To stoop and wash the feet of another is an astounding act of love. To have your feet washed is a profound moment of vulnerability. Marriage, in a nutshell. Dog ownership too, it turns out.
It’s Not Just Me
Following Covid-19, many pastors are struggling with the fact that many in their congregation are not coming back, or not coming back to liturgies. What does this tell us about what it means to lead a church? Why do we gather?
Evening Prayer in Time of Covid
"It is hard to let go on the eve of winter, / but we start the prayers anyway, / praise and entreaty, thanks and creed."
Listening for Our Call on the Threshold
For churches and people of faith, now is the time to connect with our deepest callings and see how we want to move forward "prayerfully, joyfully, and lovingly participating in creation."
The Brightened Table
That Eucharistic table stands in the center of our worship space as an affirmation of the table of solidarity of those who eat at it with all who hunger.
Psalm 44: A Sunday Aubade
In his poem, Jacob Stratman considers what we listen to and what we ignore or try to block out on a Sunday morning.
Tele-prayers: The Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the Pandemic
When the government offered televised worship for different religious communities, they devolved quickly into polemical attacks and had to be shut down.
What Dance in Church Could Do for Women
"My skill as a dancer began to fuse with my faith ... until the administration told us it was distracting and we needed to go behind the stage curtain."
Music and Transcendence
The music [of Beethoven and others] encodes deep suffering and grief that has to be part of the difficulty of Christian spirituality. You have to have a tough mind to be a Christian.
