Tag: spirituality

Introducing the Array of Faith Podcast

Introducing the Array of Faith Podcast

With so little hope, it feels like a good time to share a little light.  Announcing the “Array of Faith” podcast, where we shed light on the beauty in our numerous religious and spiritual differences. Listen. Subscribe. Review. Let us know what you think! As a professor of world 

Discovering Sabbath In My Mother’s Hospice Room

Discovering Sabbath In My Mother’s Hospice Room

My mother was a staunch observer of sabbath. It took her death for me to appreciate why. Read my latest for The Christian Century.

How to Make 2019 The Best Year Yet–One Breath at a Time

How to Make 2019 The Best Year Yet–One Breath at a Time

Today is the official Launch Day of One Breath at a Time: A Skeptic’s Guide to Christian Mediation.  Yesterday, This is My Body author and dear friend Hannah Shanks told me: “If we ever needed deep breaths and ways to hold onto ourselves, it’s now.” 2018 wasn’t exactly stellar. It’s hard to remember a year that was. 

Why Loving Your Enemies is Hard, and How You Can Do It Three Minutes at a Time

Why Loving Your Enemies is Hard, and How You Can Do It Three Minutes at a Time

This week, Pastor Brent Levy, of The Local Church and I recorded a short loving-kindness meditation break for Advent. Listen here.  From The Local Church: Advent means “coming” or “arrival,” and it’s a season in which we not only wait for the hope of Christmas and the coming 

Diligent Sabbath: Lessons in Going Deeper as We Go Wider

Diligent Sabbath: Lessons in Going Deeper as We Go Wider

I continue to be grateful for the ways in which readers are using For Sabbath’s Sake as a return to and re-envisioning of modern sabbath-keeping. In her recent piece for Mennonite World Review, my friend and Christian Century editor, Celeste Kennel-Shank, describes what we—and the church—must embrace 

Gimme Sabbath: How an Ancient Practice Heals Modern Woes

Gimme Sabbath: How an Ancient Practice Heals Modern Woes

This article preview comes from a piece I wrote for the October editor of devozine. Click here to read the full piece. When autumn sets in I am confronted with a new reality. Gone are the long days of summer with their permission for sun lounging