As I’m training to be a historian of American religion, I’ve been thinking a lot about what history can and…
Josh ParksNovember 19, 2024
Embracing noise, then, is a way of embracing life. It’s a way of saying that a creature of God doesn’t…
Josh ParksApril 29, 2023
Chaos is part of creation beyond human understanding and maybe even beyond divine control. And yet God nurtures chaos just…
Josh ParksFebruary 2, 2023
Other creatures sing, other creatures hear, other creatures listen. Learning to hear, to respect, to protect, and to participate in…
Josh ParksJune 11, 2022
On my first day of seminary (online, thanks to the northerly remnants of Hurricane Ida), I learned about confessions. They…
Josh ParksSeptember 11, 2021
Christian history is like pizza. At the right time—when you’re hungry, when it’s just out of the oven, when all’s…
Josh ParksJuly 6, 2019
