The Prayer Practice That Helped Him Reconnect with God
My struggle with chronic pain began out of the blue. One gray December day, I woke up and couldn’t feel my hands. I wrung my arms, shook them violently. Held them under hot, then cold, water.
No sensation.
I’m a full-time writer whose typing hands pay the rent. Panicked and bewildered, I called my doctor. “Probably carpal tunnel syndrome,” she said.
The symptoms worsened. Prickly tingling crept up my arm and into my shoulders. The numbness became burning, aching, stabbing pain. Even my fingernails seemed to throb…
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Farewell to Brooklyn
Dear Brooklyn,
I will never get over you. How could I?
When I pulled up to that gray building next to a poor excuse for a park, it was one big trust fall for this Southern boy. I wasn’t sure I had the chops to survive here, so I promised everyone I’d stay 8 months and not a day longer.
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Rachel Held Evans: Remembering a 'torchbearer,' an 'arsonist,' a 'prophet with a pen'
When Christian author Rachel Held Evans died unexpectedly last week from brain swelling, it set off a wave of lament online. After the announcement of her passing, the hashtag #becauseofRHE trended globally on Twitter as people retold stories of how Evans and her work had impacted their lives. A GoFundMe campaign launched to help cover her family’s medical expenses set a goal of $70,000. It has raised more than $200,000.
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Why You Should Embrace Your Faith Crisis
I’ve been thinking a lot about doubt lately—what it is, why we resist it, and whether it is actually a gift to people of faith. If you’re in the midst of a faith crisis, check out my interview with Austin Fischer, pastor and author of Faith in the Shadows.
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