by Jakob Y. Kim
In a world addicted to efficiency, prayer is a kind of rebellion. It slows the tempo of existence and reclaims time for tenderness.…
by Susan S. Phillips
For the past few decades, dear Laurel faithfully read the Ordo, the Christian lectionary of prayers and Scripture for each day of the calendar year…
by Corey Parish
In late November of 1943, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote a letter from his cell in Tegel Prison…
by Lisa Nikkel
If you ever want to experience the weight of God, I recommend getting a chronic illness.…
Art and Christianity collaborated with The Friends of Friendless Churches to create Vessel Art Trail…
By Ted Lewis
Along with Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Rossetti was one of the foremost female poets of her day…
A translation of the original Barmen Theological Declaration…
by John R. Franke
To say that Karl Barth opposed Hitler, along with other Christians in Germany during the rise of National Socialism, might appear to be stating the obvious.…
by Ryan Pemberton
Hosted by Dr. Craig Wong, Executive Director of New College Berkeley, we heard several presentations over the course of our three days together: “History and a Close Reading of the Theological Declaration of Barmen,”…
by Ed Aust
On a cool May afternoon in Barmen, Germany, in 1934, Swiss theologian Karl Barth sat alone at a wood table revising the first draft of a Christian statement that would come to be known as the Barmen Declaration. Wearing his signature round Oxford glasses and (in his words) "fortified by strong coffee and one or two Brazilian…
by Rev. Jim Friedrich, Susan S. Phillips, Raymond Yee, and Adria Peterson…