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Five-ish Books to Understand American Religion

By Ken Chitwood

Five-ish Books to Understand American Religion

The Hidden Storytelling of the Lectionary

By Matthew Allen

Discover how lectionary readings foreshadow major Christian feasts, creating thematic connections that deepen worship throughout the church year.

Are We Idolizing the Bible?

By Duncan Pile

A look at how Scripture points to Jesus, not itself—and how elevating the Bible can obscure the deeper, Spirit-led understanding it invites.

One Building, Three Faiths: A Lesson From Brick Lane

By Ken Chitwood

A London mosque was once a synagogue, and before that a church. What three centuries on Brick Lane teach us about living with difference—and conflict.

What Better Call Saul Taught Me About Holy Communion

By Matthew Allen

A wine bar scene with Gus Fring sparked an unlikely meditation on the Eucharist — priests as sommeliers, the wine that lives, and the cost of the real...

Are We Talking Too Much About Christian Nationalism

By Ken Chitwood

Coverage of Christian nationalism is everywhere, but is the sheer volume reinforcing the very claim it aims to critique? A look at what the conversation...

I Carried Family Pain for Decades. One Conversation...

By Duncan Pile

After decades of carrying family pain, one brave conversation changed everything. Discover how honesty, faith, and forgiveness can restore broken...

Behind an Old House in Laos: How Pii Mai Expands Our...

By Danyel Thomson Manley

A Lao New Year water festival in Vientiane becomes a reflection on home, renewal, and how shared cultural rituals quietly expand spiritual life across...

When the Darkness Does Not Lift

By Tom Sugimura

Why are you cast down, O my soul?" The psalmist's raw cry in Psalms 42–43 offers a lifeline for believers wrestling with doubt, despair, and darkness.

Modern Worship Has It Backwards: We Already Have God

By Duncan Pile

Come Holy Spirit. Fill us with your love. But hasn't he already? Why modern worship may be reinforcing separation from God — and how to rediscover true...

Misrecognition and the Persistence of Anti-Muslim Rhetoric...

By Ken Chitwood

A diverted flight over a Ramadan prayer timer reveals how decades of media framing and political rhetoric have normalized suspicion of Muslims in...

Dr. Lipi Roy: Faith, Healing, and a Life of Service

By Duncan Pile

Physician Dr. Lipi Roy reflects on faith, family, self‑care, and service, sharing her work in addiction recovery, media, and holistic health.

From Evangelical to Progressive: Finding a Jesus-Shaped...

By Duncan Pile

An exploration of progressive Christianity, weighing personal faith journeys against shared Christ‑centered values, compassion, inclusion, and life...

Jesus and the Samaritan Woman: Living Water in Lent

By Matthew Allen

A Lenten reflection on John 4: Jacob’s Well, living water, and a Samaritan woman whose encounter with Jesus breaks old divisions and heals the heart.

Simran Jeet Singh on Humility, Justice, and the Work of...

By Cara Meredith

A portrait of Simran Jeet Singh, whose work across faith, justice, and culture frames seeking as a lifelong practice of humility, empathy, and...

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