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WJK author David Khalaf appears in The New York Times

David Khalaf, co-author with his husband Constantino Khalaf of the WJK Spring 2019 book Modern Kinship: A Queer Guide to Christian Marriage, has published an essay in the hugely popular Modern Love column of The New York Times.

Redeeming American Christianity

Can American Christianity be redeemed?David Dark, author of the 2005 book “The Gospel According to America” sought to answer that question in his post-9/11 analysis.

‘Resist and Persist’ and ‘Transforming’ named book award finalists

Westminster John Knox Press has announced that “Resist and Persist: Faith and the Fight for Equality” by Erin Wathen and “Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians” by Austen Hartke have been recognized as finalists in the 21st annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.

Serving God outside of church

There are many of us who don’t necessarily have much use for church anymore, but who love people and who want to do good in the world. Organized religion just doesn’t appeal to us. But that doesn’t mean we can’t serve God or that God doesn’t love us.

Poet and funeral director ponders faith, life and mortality

Whether he’s writing about his pig-valve heart transplant, introducing readers to a galley of inspiring poets and poems, or describing the hearse ride at the funeral of Seamus Heaney, Thomas Lynch has an uncanny knack for writing about death — and ultimately, life — in ways that are never morbid, sometimes humorous, but always thoughtful.

How to come out as LGBTQ when you’re Christian

As the recent United Methodist Church’s decision to tighten its ban on allowing LGBTQ clergy and performing same-sex marriage demonstrates, being LGBTQ and Christian can difficult and unwelcoming. But there is hope, and there are affirming faith communities who embrace Christians of all kinds.