Belden Lane applies the mystic tradition and desert spirituality to his understanding of life, loss, and the wilderness. Read More

When we feel as though we have nothing to give, or don’t know what to give, a listening ear and some time is all we need. A later chapter in the Paul Farmer book, “Practicing Local Listening with Village Midwives in Sudan,” highlights the title’s case study. Truly listening to what people have to say about their lived experiences – and not just hearing what we want to hear! – is the mark of a mutual gift giving. It reflects a just and fair community partnership, in which services and knowledge are given freely, and all community members walk together in solidarity on the road to better health.  Read More

Today I’m pleased to announce the release of God’s Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights, as a Princeton Classic. As a white southerner and child of the southern Baptist church, Freedom Summer 1964 illumined for me a pathway from the closed doors of the segregated South to a Christianity with four sides open to the world. – to the joys of sharing in a global fellowship of reconciliation. Read More

Mark R. Gornik’s new book, Sharing the Crust: A Communion of Saints in a Baltimore Neighborhood, will be released in October 2024. The book is a results of Gornik’s PLT Virginia Seminar and will be published by Cascade Books. Read More

Richard Holloway reflects on the Christian faith and doubt that informed his time as a major figure in the Scottish Episcopal Church. Read More

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a (very) long campaign of calls that the other interns and I worked on. We were notifying some of our clients that the grocery delivery service was ending. My thoughts at that time … Read More

In this recent exchange with award-winning filmmaker Martin Doblmeier, Charles Marsh discusses the Barmen Declaration and Bonhoeffer’s theological critique of its limits. Read More

I didn’t notice it at first – my second coffee of the morning probably hadn’t kicked in yet. Most mornings, I sort all of the mail that has come into Bread for the City for their representative payee clients. These are consumers who have been declared mentally unable to take care of their own finances by a judge or doctor. BFC is one of a few organizations around the city that manages the consumer’s money to pay their bills and give them a weekly allowance. Sorting this mail requires looking up the recipient’s name and categorizing them according to what “group” the recipient is labeled as.  Read More

Jim Auchmutey recalls the tragic and hopeful story of Greg Wittkamper’s life, rife with civil unrest in Americus, Georgia. Read More

It has been almost three weeks since I started my internships at Bread for the City and Catholic Charities. I’ve started to get a view of what my work looks like, and how it fits into both each organization’s mission and public health in D.C. My days at Bread usually consist of helping organize and run their extensive food pantry, which serves hundreds of people a day. This is a lot of on-the-ground, with-the-people work, and it is as exhausting as it is rewarding.  Read More