Author: Dr. Christine Hand Jones

On my first day back to the office after four-and-a-half months of working from home due to the pandemic, I wore my most comfortable work-appropriate shoes. They weren’t

Each time we partake in the Eucharist, we do so by faith as a proclamation of "the mystery of faith: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will

When many Christians in American think of freedom, they think of it in terms of personal liberties: the individual's right to self-determination, self-expression, and self-interest. Self-denial gets overlooked.

I believe that King's use of Isaiah 40 is far more than the rhetorical flourish of a Baptist preacher. That Messianic prophecy of valleys being raised and mountains

I woke up on Palm Sunday after sleeping a little later than I would have on a pre-shelter-in-place Sunday, and, from the comfort of bed, went to church.

“Love the sinner, but hate the sin” is right up there with “everything happens for a reason,” and “he/she is in a better place now” when it comes

Coffee is a sacrament, and you, dear baristas, are ministers of grace. To view the world as sacramental is to view it as a vehicle for epiphany --

According to USA Today, most new year’s resolutions fail by January 17. As hectic schedules barge in to sabotage idealized morning routines, that mid-January slump can be a

As adults, we’ve pulled back the curtain on Santa’s workshop and found only ourselves and our worn-out credit cards. How can we reclaim the wonder of the season?

Reflections on performed faith with Kanye, George Orwell, and Cameron Dezen Hammon’s This is my Body. I’ve been thinking lately about an old joke you sometimes hear tossed