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Conversations to help us develop a Christian spirituality rooted in love that fosters resilient faith in everyday life
We talked with pastor and public theologian Trey Ferguson about the difference it makes when we read the Bible through the lens of love. His new book Love Is Good Religion: A 30-Day Journey to Compassion, Contemplation, and Connection cuts through our overfamiliarity and invites us to reread scripture in light of its persistent call…
We talked with science professor Janet Kellog Ray about how humans have both an evolutionary past AND a sacred purpose. Her book Fish with Feet: Human Evolution and the Image of God offers a “third way” for those who’ve been told they must choose between evolution and faith: understanding our complete biological story while honoring…
We talked with church history professor Wes Crawford about the complicated relationship between Christian faith and American patriotism, and how national devotion has grown into something resembling a civil religion—complete with its own rituals, sacred texts, and symbols. These are the themes explored in Crawford’s new book One Nation over God. Connect with Gravity Commons:…
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We talked with activist and academic Lucas Wilson about the experience of surviving queer conversion therapy. His book Shame-Sex Attraction tells these stories, seeks to expose conversion practices for what they are – pseudoscientific, bogus, ineffective, and wildly traumatic, and to ensure that these stories do not happen to future generations. Connect with Gravity Commons:…
We talked with pastor Kenneth Tanner about his new book Vulnerable God, which invites readers to reimagine both God and themselves through the mystery and vulnerability of the incarnation. Tanner argues that vulnerability is not a flaw in the divine nature but the very glory of divine love. Through service, hiddenness, and surrender, Jesus reveals what…
We talked with minister and author Rohadi Nagassar reclaiming what makes us fully alive—slowing down, paying attention, and embracing the truth that each of us deserves to flourish. His new book Whole and Human walks through forty meditations engaging the five senses, journey into deeper relationship with land, body, spirit, and justice. Connect with Gravity Commons:…
We talked with Presbyterian minister and peace activist Ben Daniel about his book Grace Over Guns: Pursuing Peace in a Militarized World, in which he challenges readers to think through common justifications for military violence and to consider how those justifications might not measure up to the teachings of Jesus, offering a prophetic call to reject…
We talked with spiritual director Deb Gregory about the profoundly reorienting practice of walking and praying: a multisensory journey that integrates mind, body, and spirit as we notice God’s gentle leading, one step at a time. In her new book Spiritual Wayfinding, Deb has created thirty-three unique walking meditations exploring the core questions Where am…
We talked with spiritual director and author Susan Carson about how neuroscience and mystical theology intersect to inform a way of being together with God and one another that heals our trauma and alienation, which she explores in her new book A Kenotic Way of Contemplative Healing: Julian of Norwich, Neuroscience and the Centrality of Safety…
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