Eve and the serpent in the garden of Eden
Our Faith

Eve has something to tell us about how God communicates

A man and a woman both ate from the forbidden tree, yet our culture only carries a strong condemnation of one of them.

The clearest glimpses I have had of God’s creative work have come through the bodies of women and their children. After a decade of practice, midwifery has become the way I read the world: a language of living systems, the...

October 2026

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CURRENT ISSUE

Speak of the dead

When a loved one dies, kids deserve honest and empathetic conversations about death. They benefit from participating in rituals of rememberance.
BY LIUAN HUSKA

Beacons of life

Resilience hubs that provide resources to help people survive extreme weather and other climate impacts have become a key part of some parishes’ missions.
BY REBECCA RANDALL

The greatest story

Rather than a rulebook or instruction manual, scripture should be where kids learn who God is and what God is like, says this pastor.
AN INTERVIEW WITH MEREDITH ANNE MILLER

Where waves meet

Radical hospitality that embraces the diversity of global wisdom traditions can foster an interfaith spirituality beyond proselytism.
BY JAMIE MARICH

A living language

What lessons might Eve’s story teach us if we inherit it untainted by its tellers?
BY TE’SA LUBANS DEHAVEN

“As liberation theologians have told us, without the perspectives of the poor we cannot fulfill our call to mercy as a Christian community.”

Berit Reisenauer Guidotti