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Cara Meredith
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Cara Meredith is a writer, speaker, and editor who writes at the intersection of spirituality and culture. A former high school English teacher and nonprofit outreach director, her writing has appeared in numerous print and online publications. The author of "Church Camp" (Broadleaf) and "The Color Of Life" (Zondervan), she holds a Masters of Theology and lives in Oakland, California with her family. You can read her Patheos column, Coloring Outside the Lines, here.
Works by Cara Meredith
The Deacon's Table — Who Actually Gets to Sit There?
Cara Meredith | July 22, 2026
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Life After Lying Prostrate on the Floor of Grace Cathedral
Cara Meredith | June 18, 2026
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Simran Jeet Singh on Humility, Justice, and the Work of...
Cara Meredith | February 27, 2026
A portrait of Simran Jeet Singh, whose work across faith, justice, and culture frames......
Finding Hidden Beauty: Craig Detweiler on Faith, Film, and...
Cara Meredith | February 13, 2026
A portrait of filmmaker and scholar Craig Detweiler, whose work at the crossroads of......
Shaped by Grief, Grounded in Love: Rabbi Elan Babchuck
Cara Meredith | February 05, 2026
A rabbi shaped by grief, community, and calling—exploring dignity, pluralism, and the......
Hot Fudge for Breakfast, Freedom for All: Katrina Lantos...
Cara Meredith | January 27, 2026
Katrina Lantos Swett blends family legacy, faith, and fearless advocacy—shaping global......
Giving Machines are running with the idea of doing good
Cara Meredith | December 02, 2025
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The Deepest South of All is more than a book
Cara Meredith | August 15, 2025
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What does it mean to have it out with God?
Cara Meredith | August 08, 2025
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How The Color of Law and a big ol' bill fit together
Cara Meredith | July 02, 2025
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What Ida B. the Queen taught me about speaking up
Cara Meredith | June 26, 2025
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The Journal Keeper tells the story of a life
Cara Meredith | June 10, 2025
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Here I Am, as it goes in a book of the same title
Cara Meredith | May 27, 2025
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Cara Meredith | May 15, 2025
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Can you name the thirst inside your soul?
Cara Meredith | April 18, 2025
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Nice Churchy Patriarchy is most definitely a thing
Cara Meredith | March 05, 2025
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Uncovering My Family's Faith History
Cara Meredith | February 27, 2025
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Love your enemies? I don't think so.
Cara Meredith | February 24, 2025
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Finding our way home in an age of anxiety
Cara Meredith | February 13, 2025
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Women Talking: You Know Something's Gonna Go Down
Cara Meredith | February 04, 2025
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How Bishop Budde helped us look for the Light
Cara Meredith | January 27, 2025
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Whistling in the Dark, alongside the born-agains
Cara Meredith | January 16, 2025
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Composing a life, thread by thread
Cara Meredith | January 10, 2025
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Santa baby, a post-evangelical book, or two...
Cara Meredith | December 17, 2024
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Look for Light, Even in the Darkness
Cara Meredith | December 06, 2024
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Light and Darkness: They Dance Together in Advent
Cara Meredith | November 29, 2024
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Flung Wide Open: The Beauty of Welcoming Everyone
Cara Meredith | November 22, 2024
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Noticing the Hidden Things: Actions for Compassionate...
Cara Meredith | November 15, 2024
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What if Jesus is in the business of discomfort &...
Cara Meredith | November 08, 2024
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Death and life: What does it mean for us to see?
Cara Meredith | November 01, 2024
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What holy anger means for the sake of wholeness &...
Cara Meredith | October 25, 2024
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How does curiosity play a role in the life of faith?
Cara Meredith | October 08, 2024
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The Blessing of the Doubter, In You and In Me
Cara Meredith | October 03, 2024
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Do you crave wholeness and truth? You're human!
Cara Meredith | October 01, 2024
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What If God Is Not Only in the Peace but Also in the Pain?
Cara Meredith | September 24, 2024
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The Power of Dignity: A Reflection on Jesus's Teachings
Cara Meredith | September 17, 2024
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How Can We Live in Hope Amid Uncertainty?
Cara Meredith | September 10, 2024
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Cara Meredith | September 03, 2024
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The Holy Act of Eating and Drinking: A Spiritual...
Cara Meredith | August 20, 2024
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The Complex Legacy of Church Camp Experiences
Cara Meredith | August 15, 2024
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With wild desperation comes one thing: a wild kind of...
Cara Meredith | August 06, 2024
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God is here, in this place, with us
Cara Meredith | July 30, 2024
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Even now, hope is still present in the darkest of spaces
Cara Meredith | July 23, 2024
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What can we do to bring some hope to a dark world?
Cara Meredith | July 16, 2024
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Hearing God's Word: I got you, Beloved, & I'm proud of you
Cara Meredith | July 09, 2024
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Jesus extends an invitation: Come to me & I will give rest
Cara Meredith | July 02, 2024
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In these most ordinary ways, grace fills in the cracks
Cara Meredith | June 25, 2024
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This Jesus, this Jesus, this Jesus
Cara Meredith | June 18, 2024
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Cara Meredith | June 11, 2024
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Cara Meredith | March 27, 2024
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Cara Meredith | February 29, 2024
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Cara Meredith | February 08, 2024
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Okay fine, just 8 more books for you
Cara Meredith | January 26, 2024
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12 books that will find a home in my next book
Cara Meredith | December 27, 2023
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Is French Footballer Kylian Mbappe Muslim Or Christian?
Cara Meredith | December 06, 2023
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Cara Meredith | September 15, 2023
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