Practicing an embodied faith through yoga
By Kathy Khang
My first Bible lessons were taught in 2-D -- flannel storyboards with cartoonish paper-cutout versions of Queen Esther and baby Jesus. Everyone in the...
Robert Saler: ‘Why don’t I get a vacation, too?’ How to talk about clergy sabbaticals
By Robert C. Saler
One of my favorite jokes, particularly during the period when I served in a parish, tells of a pastor who is in her office,...
Gretchen E. Ziegenhals: ‘Living prayer’ by praying with beads
By Gretchen E. Ziegenhals
If theologian Sarah Coakley had one message about power for Christian institutional leaders, it would focus on “the power that comes through transparency to...
Mel Williams: What I’ve learned from Baptists, monks, Quakers and backpackers
By Mel Williams
I’ve had a lifelong, relentless wonderment about what compels people to seek a spiritual community. “Why are you here?” I often asked myself as...
Gretchen E. Ziegenhals: We are called to be keepers of an open tent
By Gretchen E. Ziegenhals
When my family prepares for guests, we tend to sweep the clutter off the counters, light a candle, set out homemade salsa and chips,...
A Minneapolis congregation finds new life through the ancient practice of keeping Sabbath
By Jeff Strickler
When the Rev. Kara Root came to Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church in 2008, the congregation wasn't exactly desperate. "They were already past desperate," Root...
Les Carpenter: Improv saved my priesthood
By Les Carpenter
I still remember the first time I had to speak in front of an audience. It was in seventh grade. I was just giving...
Andrea Palpant Dilley: Slacking off and the call to Sabbath
By Andrea Palpant Dilley
At a conference I attended last year, Richard Foster, the Quaker spiritual writer and author of "Celebration of Discipline," spoke on the perils of...