This year, Lent feels overwhelming

Interest in chaplaincy grows as the role expands to serve more in society BY TRACY SIMMONS Movement chaplains offer specialized support for activists BY LESLIE QUANDER WOOLDRIDGE

Planning for death helps you enjoy life Q&A WITH J. DANA TRENT

To an Army chaplain, all are welcome BY MEL BAARS O’MALLEY

‘Braving the Truth: Essential Essays for Reckoning with and Reimagining Faith’

By Candice Marie Benbow

In a new posthumous collection of her essays, friends of writer Rachel Held Evans reflect on her work. Theologian Candice Marie Benbow shares thoughts in this excerpt on feminism and allyship.

God’s call for us can be ever-changing

By Lindsay Pulido

Vocation may not be a single, fixed thing. The location and context of ministry can change, writes a teacher and United Methodist lay leader.

A faith-based network’s response to a traumatic year

Q&A with Mayra Macedo-Nolan

In Southern California, the combined crises of wildfires and a federal immigration crackdown are known as fire and ICE. The executive director of a community coalition talks about the ongoing response her group has been part of and the sustainability of such work.

Black music is a form of God’s grace

Q&A with Julian Davis Reid

A jazz musician and theologian reflects on the lessons that Black music can offer the church and the world.

This year, Lent feels overwhelming

By Allison Backous Troy

Exhausted by living with disability, a writer reflects on the watching and waiting that are part of the Lenten season — and her daily life.

A nonprofit focused on young people’s success has built a championship soccer program

By Lindsay Peyton

Partnering with local churches, the reVision Football Club in Houston has made high-quality soccer training available to players from marginalized neighborhoods. More than 40 have gone on to compete in college.