Every Swollen Joint
Reading Lyndsey Medford’s account of a hurricane and an autoimmune flare, Eliza Stiles found the same grief in both—and a case for why our healing and the world’s are bound together.
Eliza Stiles
July 9, 2026
Reading Lyndsey Medford’s account of a hurricane and an autoimmune flare, Eliza Stiles found the same grief in both—and a case for why our healing and the world’s are bound together.
Amy Muia’s A Desert Between Two Seas traces the ripple of one boy’s drowning across generations of afflicted, often violent characters in post-mission Baja California.
Adapting content from his new book, Don’t Despise Our Youth, Covenant pastor David A. Washington makes the case that the youth crisis gripping urban America is, at its core, a church problem. He proposes that we stop ministering to young people and start raising them up to minister to each other.
Using Pluribus as a lens, Jelani Greenidge reflects on confusion, anger, and humility, inviting readers to reconsider how we see both ourselves and those we struggle to understand.
Winnetka Covenant church hosted a screening of All We Carry, sparking conversation and action. After a Q&A with director Cady Voge, attendees supported Exodus World Service and IPE Albany Park, walking alongside neighbors seeking asylum.
In this final installment, Jelani Greenidge names the tensions in Christian music and offers practical steps for listeners, worship leaders, artists, pastors, and students to engage with curiosity, widen their musical diet, and worship beyond Sunday.
Eliza Stiles reviews Safe Church, by Dr. Andrew J. Bauman, a research-driven guide that centers women’s voices, calls men to responsibility, and offers practical steps for churches pursuing safety, accountability, and healing.
Music has always shaped church culture. Jelani Greenidge considers how music shapes our faith communities and how we might move toward worship that is Spirit-led and life-giving.
This reflection on Psalm 13 and Bon Iver’s latest album explores how sorrow, cried out to God, can become one of faith’s most honest forms—and the ground where hope begins to grow.
What makes any music “Christian”? This piece questions the label itself, exploring how faith, culture, and commerce shape what we hear—and why it may be time to rethink our understanding of the genre.
