Patheos • 17th November 2023

Abiding by Bowling: The Big Lebowski and Ecclesiastes

By examining the elements of narrative depicted in the film’s opening scenes as well as the motifs throughout, I will unpack the power of The Big Lebowski, showing how it effectively translates the message of Ecclesiastes into postmodern American speak.

Patheos • 4th June 2023

How My Cat Is Saving Jimmy Carter’s Life (And Mine)

My husband and I have two cats. First, there’s Fig: a fearless, tailless, 22-toed wonder who lives to be outside, rain or shine.

Sojourners • 10th May 2023

Are Mother’s Day Church Services Doing More Harm Than Good?

On Mother’s Day in many congregations across the U.S., churches will hand out flowers, host breakfast and tea, or offer applause for women in attendance.

Patheos • 3rd May 2023

Prophets on the Red Carpet: The 2023 Met Gala

Although the Met Gala is an annual charity event for New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, it’s about much more than mere fundraising.

Patheos • 20th April 2023

Anne Lamott’s Shawl, the Hemorrhaging Woman, and a Seriously Trippy Netflix Series

In the first few days of 2023, I compiled a list of my accomplishments from the preceding year.

FULLER Magazine • 18th February 2022

Bridges Between

As she leans into her own identities as a psychologist, a Christian, and a Black woman, Christin Fort serves communities at the overlapping intersections of faith, research, and identity.

Women Experiencing Faith • 3rd October 2018

Women Experiencing Faith

Women Experiencing Faith is filled with intimate reflections and personal stories. Many aren’t happy, but real life isn’t always happy. Families, friends, spouses, and the church often fail—especially for women. The fifty contributors to this book ask hard questions and elicit critical thinking.

FULLER Magazine • 11th February 2021

Vulnerability and Risk

As he works to advocate for the autistic community, Cameron Keirnes learns to confront cultural assumptions and move toward mutual vulnerability.

The List • 6th July 2021

The Truth About Doug Emhoff's Religion

Kamala Harris wasn't the only person to break new ground when she became the vice president of the United States.

FULLER Magazine • 16th June 2021

One Hand on the Wheel, the Other on the Till

From offices to orchards, Paul Gendron and his team of chaplains offer care to thousands in their various places of work.

SPU Stories • 31st August 2021

Mental health resources for SPU students

Experts are using terms such as “crisis” and “epidemic” to characterize the steep rise in mental health issues they are seeing among college students in recent years.

Fuller Theological Seminary • 11th June 2020

Painting the Absolute: An Exploration of Sexual Identity in Alejandro Morales’s Story "Prickles" and the Christian Tradition

Several years ago, I attended an artist talk in a church-turned-“multidisciplinary-arts-venue” in Leeds, United Kingdom. As part of the series called “Faith in Art,” the befitting Methodist-minister-turned-painter Richard Stott prefaced his exhibition on censorship by sharing personal testimony.

Fuller Theological Seminary • 9th June 2020

Art & Sustainability: A Youth Summer Camp Curriculum for Churches

What follows is a three-day curriculum for churches to utilize in creating a summer camp on the topics of art and sustainability.

Good Letters • 6th September 2017

The Tattoo Monologues

Getting a tattoo is not only about deciding what to etch onto one’s body forever, but also about deciding what brief monologue will be uttered any time someone points to the ink and asks: “What does it mean?”

Fuller Theological Seminary • 7th December 2019

Children and the Kingdom in Mark and the Roman World

Throughout art history, children have not been depicted realistically. Rather, as is the case in classical Greek art, children were largely depicted as miniature adults, toting mature bodily proportions that failed to match the chubby figures and facial features of live infants and children.