God goes to extraordinary lengths to reassure us that we are loved, and that we are never alone.By Katherine Willis Pershey

Once upon a time, everybody believed in God. Now... not so much.By Katherine Willis Pershey

No matter how many paragraphs I drafted and deleted, no matter how many angles I considered and rejected, I could not conjure a sermon about hope that did not name the conditions that are causing many to despair.By Katherine Willis Pershey

They had heard the good news. The women had done what they were supposed to do: they went to the disciples and passed along the message they received from the angels: Christ is Risen. But the men did not respond with a joyful “Christ is Risen, indeed!” They responded by mumbling, “nonsense.”By Katherine Willis Pershey

As it turns out, you cannot write about marriage from a Christian perspective without addressing texts such as this one. Paul’s words about marriage in his letter to the Ephesians are, for many theologically and culturally conservative Christian communities, central to the definition of marriage. They do not tend to be central to the way marriage i…

I realize that I’m probably losing more than half of you when I confess this, but preachers should take risks from time to time, right? Here’s my risk: I confess that I really like tattoos. Not all tattoos. But a lot of them. I especially like tattoos that are meaningful, that tell a story...By Katherine Willis Pershey