Elizabeth Palmer
Poetry and transience
National Poetry Month is over, but there's plenty of good poetry to get us through the next 11 months.
The work of reconstruction, 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr.
Of the many absurdities around race and hatred that still exist in our culture, Trump may be the least of them.
Crisis of faith
First Erin White fell in love with Christ. Then she fell in love with Chris.
The unadorned self, living forward, and a great lake of beer
What I found when I looked up today’s date in four daily devotional books
Coffee table treasures
Most books are easy for me to give away. Not beautiful books about biblical manuscripts or Martin Luther’s legacy.
A child’s faith before and after Sandy Hook
Tain Gregory was new to Sandy Hook Elementary School when the mass shooting happened, but the faith that helped him respond had been a long time in the making.
Some bright spots in 2017
A year after the election, we decided to look for signs of hope. We found them all around us.
The Boston Declaration and God’s monstrous entourage
People do terrible things. So does the biblical God. Is there value in naming those things?
Theophany on the train
How I found the gospel while reading about an academic conference
A novel that shows the power of #MeToo
Winnie M Li’s story of sexual assault is hard to read. That’s precisely why it’s so important.
No innocent fable
Should I tell my first-grader about the racist, imperialist, and misogynist legacies I detect in the book she's reading?
Prepare the way of the Lord
When we live in God’s grace, the distinction between wilderness and city collapses.
St. Francis, holy fool
What the countercultural barefoot preacher means for Christians today
Five reasons Hillary Clinton’s new book is worth reading—and three reasons it’s worth critiquing
What Happened matters. Here’s why.
The autumn of our discontent
As leaves fall from the trees, Ali Smith helps us fall into the dreams and fears of her characters.
Fashion-forward faith
Muslim women’s clothing reveals—and shapes—culture, politics, and piety.
Robert Jenson and the search for the divine feminine
Jens was never unkind to me, perhaps because I was the rare chemistry major who asked questions about God while showing enthusiasm for Barth.