Jessica Coblentz relies on firsthand experience of fasting to drive her research questions. She studies what we’re doing as people of faith every Lenten season...
Our Faith
Essays and reporting on theology and scripture that put our faith in the context of everyday life.
For many American women having babies today, pregnancy care is medical care. Doctors’ office visits count down the prenatal months. While midwifery has grown...
Many people say that the stars proclaim the glory of God. They do, as the brushstrokes of a masterpiece reveal the vision of a great artist. But, as with many...
In the spring of 2016, my family was in the process of dismantling the life we knew. After seven years spent happily in Washington, D.C., we would soon return...
The abbot traced a cross on my forehead with his thumb. “Julia Hildegard, be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Hildegard of Bingen had come to my mind...
My great-grandmother’s house was full of mysteries. Full of secret rooms and eclectic memorabilia, the house always felt a bit like a treasure hunt. In...
I am a descendant of French Canadian, English, and Italian immigrants. My ancestors came to the United States by boat, by train, and on horseback in search of...
Just one month after a rather challenging birth, my husband, a lieutenant commander in the Navy Reserve, deployed to Djibouti, Africa. Four months into single...
There are plenty of things in this life that I am not known for—two of those being crying and running. Yet there I was on my third lap, tears melting down my...
The icon of the holy family that adorns the bedroom of Steve and Andrea Kaneb is different. Mary and Joseph look older than they are usually depicted, and...
