In Lieu of Flowers
Food makes you think of the folk in your life and I thought about a certain person all day Tuesday.…
Food makes you think of the folk in your life and I thought about a certain person all day Tuesday.…
The Lost Cause narrative threatens America’s continuing struggle toward egalitarianism, civic…
Democratic Socialists are on a roll with two members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the mayor…
For leaders, the weight of responsibility is ever present. It shows up in conversations that linger…
It is midnight. Not the kind of midnight measured by clocks. The kind that settles into your bones.…
When U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham died unexpectedly at the age of 71, the immediate political question…
The European Evangelical Alliance, which represents some 23 million evangelical Christians on the…
At least 4,500 people were killed in the earthquake, with thousands more still missing. At least…
In 2024, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told a room of developers in London that he does not pray for God to…
Israel’s parliament has approved laws that effectively halt the enlistment of ultra-Orthodox men in…
Lately, I’ve been noticing how the evangelical emphasis on salvation can come at the expense of any…
Last May, congress passed the Take It Down Act, requiring websites to remove “nonconsensual intimate…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been ordered to cease most vehicle stops as…
The state of Florida has closed its “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention center roughly a year…
If anything good comes out of the Trump era, perhaps it will be Christ turning the tables in global…
Most people don’t want girls who think they can do what boys can do and certainly not those who…
Assimilation to white civilization and Christianity is detrimental, if not death-dealing, to…
I can’t help but think that the reason some Christians lean into a get-your-soul-into-heaven message…
by Cameron Trimble “Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a…
by Samuel Davidson “Food is God’s love made delicious.” I. If we take seriously this axiom of Norman…
by Avery Davis Lamb In 2023, I gave a talk to a group of churches in Black Mountain, North Carolina.…
by Timothy Eberhart Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-17: In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the…
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim Climate change is no longer a distant threat or something we can brush off as…
by Cody J. Sanders, guest co-editor The only two responses to the ecological and climatological…
Two Book Reviews: Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious by Ross Douthat (Grand Rapids:…
by Jacob Alan Cook Among those who study and work with conflict, a hopeful and constructive edge has…
by Starlette Thomas Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the…
By Aaron Coy Moulton In the aftermath of the U.S. military strike that seized Venezuelan…
In the summer of 2024, Pablo Estrada Martín planted a cross at the foot of a hill near Šiauliai, in…
Is there anyone more adept at “shrinking the world to a worldview” than white, evangelical…
One heart is small. Thousands of hearts together are not. They become a wall—not to shut people out,…
As the country marks 250 years, we are not looking backward at a finished thing. We are looking…
Gen Z and millennials are reclaiming their own, swapping algorithmic scrolling for intentional…
We are Excited to Announce a Fall Retreat Writing Table @ the Beach! October 8-13, 2026 | Sunnyside,…
Juneteenth is not just a day of remembrance; it is a day of accountability. The post Freedom Isn’t…
Our American story is a special one. As we approach our 250th anniversary, we must not cede our…
Editor’s note: This week we welcome Rev. Dr. Katherine Raley Alexander (she/her) as our guest.…
Today, I testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited…
Editor’s note: This week we welcome Rev. Dr. Andy Kinsey (he/his) as our guest. Andy shares how the…
This summer is full of options for you to make the most of your time at the Writing Table! Join us…
Editor’s note: This week we welcome Rev. Betsy Turner (she/her) as our guest. Betsy shares how the…
The “Let Her Go” Approach As a parent with an almost-three-year-old daughter, Ella, I am no stranger…
Some years ago, I learned a practice for attending to what matters from two friends in a virtual…
Best of practice in 2025 This morning, on the fifth day of Christmas, we want to share some of our…
The Writing Table Gallery is a celebration of more than five years of nurturing community, building…
Advent Blessings for Worship Leaders Stewarding the mysteries of Advent and bringing them to the…
Black Women’s Stories with Dr. Charisse Gillett This week in a final conversation in our series with…
Writing a Memoir with Dr. Charisse Gillett Today we are talking once more with Dr. Charisse Gillett,…
Holding Hope with Dr. Charisse Gillett We are in that time of year when school, church, and family…
This week we begin a series of conversations with Dr. Charisse Gillett, president of Lexington…