“We have this hope” has been a Seventh-day Adventist anthem for at least five decades. “We have this hope that burns within our hearts,” we sing. “Hope in the coming of the Lord!” There’s not much like hearing 70,000 people in a single stadium banging those lines out and insisting through the emphatic, vaguely Soviet, […]
A vision for the left-handed world
There’s a running gag on social media. Something terrible in the world happens or society slaps minoritized people with yet another unnecessary restriction, and folks respond with something like “Where’s the spaceship; get me out of here!” It happened again today, when Popular Science published a story about congregating humpback whales near South Africa. “So […]
Interview: Exvangelical and Keisha
Earlier this fall, I had an extended conversation with Blake Chastain, host of the podcast Exvangelical. Exvangelical is a weekly podcast that shares stories of people who grew up or converted into Evangelical Christianity and have since built lives of faith and beyond faith outside of the subculture. Episode 14, “A Safe Place for Questions,” runs a […]
Kwok on imagination
This afternoon, I had the joy of hearing Rev. Jes Kast speak on how our theologies and doctrines about women and other minoritized members of the Church can be more healing and less damaging. Divesting from all forms of social oppression is the Church’s long-term work. There’s nothing new about it that we need to hear […]
Investing in imagination
Whatever our philosophy on money, however much we give or save, and regardless of how we rationalize, we’re still left with some basic practical realities. No matter how lofty your spiritual ideals may be, no matter how many powerful affirmations you can speak by rote, you still have to pay your bills.” —Eric Butterworth, Spiritual Economics We still have […]
Reader Review #7
Discover Magazine: Grandma’s Experiences Leave Epigenetic Mark on Your Genes (Dan Hurley) Before the 1970s, genes were the fixed limits of life. With DNA as boss and RNA the secretary, combinations of genes produced a certain physiological outcome and it wasn’t clear what made one gene express and another not. But over the last 40 years, through […]