I’ve been rereading Harry Potter this summer. (I reread them every year, though usually in the fall.) One reason I keep coming back every year is that the series is

The phrase “biblical hospitality” gets thrown around a lot, but what does it really mean? Dorothea H. Bertschmann from Durham University writes about ancient Jewish hospitality customs, helping

In our culture, there are many confusing and often contradicting beliefs about what happens at death. I am not talking about beliefs that are the result of false

Mixed-Up Theology and Patriotic Hymns In one of the churches I attended as a young child, we held patriotic services at least once a year. It was the

A few years ago, the late Rachel Held Evans guested on The Liturgists podcast to talk about a rather erudite, heady issue: What is the difference between being

Many of us look forward to the summer. It represents a time to get away from our usual schedules. It affords opportunity to travel, take time off, and

I had gone into the show feeling like my part was disposable and not important to the story. But by the end I understood that every actor on

In my previous posts, I talked about how, although belief may be a risk, it doesn’t have to be blind. Evidence and experience matter. And so does the

The Christian tradition truly has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to music. It doesn’t even seem possible some days when you look at the breadth and

Empiricism refers to the idea that we get knowledge from experience. There’s a popular idea out there that religious faith and empiricism are inconsistent — faith relies on