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January 27, 2019

Christian, Conservative, Treehugger

Written by John Murdock

Exhausted, we all sat down for dinner at the end of a whirlwind day that had spanned two continents. Our jet-lagged group included Republican lawmakers, the chief policy voice for a major evangelical organization, and a couple of folks like me with ties to the right-leaning non-profit that had helped…

January 27, 2019

Parenting in the Aftermath of Trauma

Written by Ashley Abramson

I thought perfection was the glue of secure attachment, that rewriting the story was the hallmark of redemption. But when I stopped running from the mother I didn’t want to be — when I forgave my mother for the narrative she unknowingly authored — I could finally give my son what he needed all along: my presence.

January 27, 2019

A Way Back to the Wildness of Death

Written by Suzanne Kelly

In a culture that encourages us to be passive bystanders in our mourning, green burials present an alternative that fosters meaningful connection — to ourselves and to the earth.

December 11, 2018

Advent Manifesto: Does My Soul Still Sing?

Written by John Paul Lederach

A century of reflections.

July 13, 2018

Good Conversation Is an Adventure

Written by Krista Tippett

A few weeks ago, Krista reached out on social media to ask for your questions. She shares the questions here in the hope that we might live in to them, together.

June 29, 2018

What I Learned About the Heart from a Man Who Lost His

Written by Daisy Hernández

Daisy Hernández has spent the last four years researching Chagas disease, a heart condition afflicting about 7 million people primarily in Latin America. But she has also learned about the heart’s metaphorical condition — and what happens we we stop seeing each other’s hearts.

June 29, 2018

How Tender, Loving Male Friendships Can Save Us from Toxic Masculinity

Written by Tony Liu

Why don’t we value a masculinity that embraces tenderness and care? Tony Liu shares the life-affirming joy of his male friendships, and how they have opened him to the possibility of a masculinity that is more nourishing.

June 28, 2018

The Work of the Hands

Written by Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros

It’s with open hands that we welcome the stranger, open up to the light of a new day. With open hands we praise in church, we offer help in community, we wash off the day and welcome a new one.

June 27, 2018

What Does it Mean to Be a Man?

Written by Jonathan P. Higgins

What would it mean to rethink our definition of masculinity? Jonathan P. Higgins calls for an unlearning of our warped understanding of what it means to be a man, and a new definition that makes space for wholeness.

June 26, 2018

#MeToo and the Spiritual Struggle for Gratitude

Written by Diana Butler Bass

For those of us who have bravely said #metoo, gratitude can be difficult, especially if we sought refuge in religious communities that reinforced shame under the guise of salvation.

June 25, 2018

Welcome to the Brink of Everything

Written by Parker J. Palmer

How we travel the arc between our own sunrise and sundown is ours to choose: Will it be denial, defiance, or collaboration?

June 22, 2018

Suffering Is Both a Barrier and a Bridge

Written by Kao Kalia Yang

Going through hardships gives us strength in the places we’d never thought to develop, spaces we didn’t know we’d occupy, room to reach beyond ourselves, toward others who are where we had been.

June 20, 2018

The Benefits of Sending Your Privileged Child to an “Underperforming” School

Written by Courtney E. Martin

Economically privileged parents may think of school as a pipeline to success, but they can be so much more. How underperforming schools can offer a type of education that money could never buy.

June 19, 2018

What to Do When You’re Frozen by Overwhelm

Written by Sharon Salzberg

It can be difficult to discern between sloth and the need for rest. Removing the judgment that can come with experiencing sloth can help us move toward a life that brings us energy.

June 18, 2018

Look Well to the Growing Edge

Written by Parker J. Palmer and Carrie Newcomer

To see life steadily and see it whole, we must find ways to hold the paradox of life-in-death and death-in-life.

June 15, 2018

Reading Is an Exercise in Empathy

Written by Tajja Isen

Tajja Isen on how A Wrinkle in Time opened a world of belonging to her, even before Ava DuVernay's film adaptation cast characters who looked like her.

June 14, 2018

How We Nourished Each Other When the Fridge Was Empty

Written by Kao Kalia Yang

Kao Kalia Yang shares a memory of the days when her family was new to America, and the ways they found sustenance from the unfamiliar lands around them.

June 13, 2018

A Slow and Steady Surrender

Written by Kaitlin Curtice

The rocks and rivers speak the story of our healing and the renewal of our lost wonder — if only we learn to listen.

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