Guest blog post by Hannah Shanks, author of This is My Body: Embracing the Messiness of Faith and Motherhood. She writes about the intersections of faith, church history, social justice and personal experience at hannaheshanks.com. It was 3am. I was 3 days postpartum, awake, and alone. My …
Can you feel the love? It’s that season again. Each summer weekend, worshiping communities across the U.S. will open their doors to excited guests, nervous partners, and committed clergy. At any given sunset, convertibles will boast tin cans and shaving cream-covered windows announcing, “Just Married!” …
What is Sabbath? Depending upon our contexts, we all have different ways of defining Sabbath. For some, it is a day of rest, for others, a day of worship, ritual, and study. For others still, it is a day of strict unplugging–of stripping away all …