Growing up in a conservative evangelical church, the closest I came to understanding queer theology was in narrow, binary terms. Queer theology was theology...
Our Faith
Essays and reporting on theology and scripture that put our faith in the context of everyday life.
Christmas decorations have gone up at our homes, streets, and public places, lightening these spaces and filling us with joy and expectations of Christmas...
A voice cries out:In the desert prepare the way of the LORD!Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!Every valley shall be filled in,every mountain...
“I’m going to burn your Christmas presents!” I screeched from the top of the stairs at my 7-year-old son. Bloated from my fourth pregnancy and past my due...
As an art critic and Catholic, I am often joyfully surprised by the unlikely homes of divine wisdom. St. Bonaventure wrote in his Legenda Maior that “In things...
Of all the liturgical seasons, Advent is my favorite. I love its sense of expectation, that image of God coming as a light in the darkness, which so resonates...
Anyone who has ever driven more than 60 miles with small children in the car, sat in a pediatrician’s office with a toddler eagerly anticipating their...
The Advent calendar is one of the few traditions from my Catholic childhood that really took root in my own children’s lives. The Jesse Tree, which I had loved...
I turned in a tiny, twin bed to see the digital clock: 4:30 a.m. I accept with a groan the realization that in less than an hour, I could be dressed and in...
Being the oldest of four brothers, I have found the bond of siblinghood to be a tremendous blessing in my life. Like any healthy relationship, it takes a...
