Beloved Child of God
The first time that I actually saw my father drunk, I was still a very young child. What I knew of my father was a genuinely funny, affable, playful man who was always up for …
Religion
Dear Dad | A Letter of Concern
Dear Dad, You went to be with Jesus 10 years ago. In honor of a decade of the best 10 years of your existence, I wanted to give you an update on how things have …
The Teacher is a True Master Who Can Use Even the Strangest of Tools
My faith is Orthodox Christianity. The life that led me to it was hardly orthodox (small o), nor was it anything special. Perhaps even less so is the world I have lived through since I …
What will it take to reach Gen Z in a society running from the Church?
I’ve been in young adult ministry for just about a decade. It’s obvious to me that many of the frustrations in our society are the direct result of how The Church mismanaged our opportunities to …
John Winthrop, Jr. and the Connecticut Witch Trials
Most Americans have heard of the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692 which condemned 20 people to death, 19 by hanging and one pressed to death by rocks. Fewer know that the first person executed …
Racial injustice: Apologies from a white Evangelical
This piece originally appeared on the Website for Wayhouse Media on June 2, 2020. Matt Allbritton, the owner of Wayhouse, has joined the contributing authors at Faith on View. Essays previously published by Wayhouse Media …
In Praise of a Naked Christ
In a recent online exchange, I posted a photo of an icon that showed the Virgin Mary with a breast partially uncovered. While some of the discussion centered around the ever-weary topic of modesty, another …
Creating space for doubt
How to Listen, Empathize, and Love Well Doubts are seldom allowed in the church. There’s an unspoken agreement that we’ll keep such thoughts to ourselves — that we won’t sully an otherwise pleasant Sunday morning, …
The Religious White
Some of my earliest memories are filled with images of Pentecostal worship—from both above and beneath the pews, as I often slept under them during worship services. For most of my life, I’ve enjoyed preferred …
Visio Divina in the Classroom: Seeing through Contemplative Prayer
It is not uncommon for professors at Christian colleges and universities to begin class with prayer. I attended public schools through high school and public colleges until I transferred to a private secular art school …