The Rule of Saint Benedict is a set of directions for monastic life written by Benedict of Nursia in the 6th century in Italy. Nearly every week I am drawn to pray Benedict’s morning prayer. […]

Over the weekend I read the authorized biography of Eugene Peterson by Winn Collier. In A Burning in My Bones [Waterbrook, 2021], Collier paints a picture of a man who wanted to be a saint […]

One summer when I was in college, I worked on a paint crew that included several guys who one day aspired to be pastors. During our lunch break, we often got into theological discussions. Two guys […]

My friend Kelly Skinner runs the Soul Care Urban Retreat Center in Urbana. This is an interview Kelly did with me for her podcast “Everything is Spiritual.” We talked about soul care, the rhythms of […]

This is Russell Moore interviewing Rachel Denhollander about sexual abuse in the church. Denhollandar was sexually abused by Olympic gymnastic physician Larry Nassar, who now is serving the rest of his life behind bars for […]

Some mornings when I consider the heavens, the vast reaches of the cosmos, the incomprehensible forces at work in each moment, the numberless stories of each life, the countless ancestors – long forgotten – who […]

A week ago I led a 3-hour morning seminar on grief for about 100 people. In light of all the emotions so many people are feeling about the COVID-19 pandemic, and so many related losses […]

This Saturday morning at the WBGL Radio station in west Champaign, IL, I will lead 100 folks in a 3-hour morning seminar I call “Grieving in a Forward Direction.” In preparation for the seminar, here […]