Laura Turner
Laura Turner writes about the intersection of religion and culture. She holds an MFA from Seattle Pacific University and has written for the Atlantic, Christianity Today, and Buzzfeed. She lives in San Francisco.
God Is Laughing at You
In God Mocks, Terry Lindvall traces the long arc of Christian satire. Laughter really is the best corrective.
A Greener Evangelicalism
Inside the growing evangelical movement to acknowledge the reality—and the victims—of climate change.
Is Lake Kivu Set to Explode?
Saving the lake—and the two million people who live on its shores—will require something miraculous: a bilateral partnership between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Pope Francis Should Not Be Canonizing Junipero Serra
The pillager of California's natives has enough memorials already—and his sainthood has no place in the contemporary Catholic Church.
How the Cult of Domesticity Still Reigns in the 21st Century
On the cost—and subtle persistence—of the cult of domesticity.
Praying for Rain
What does it mean for churches that water, such an important religious symbol, is disappearing before our eyes?
At Home With the Noonday Demon
The common misperception of religion as a crutch would have us believe that people are faithful because they want to escape the problems of the world and the realities of everyday life. But my faith tells me the importance of staying put.