Heather Walker Peterson

English professor Heather Walker Peterson grieves yet another challenging Lent and offers solace as we seek conversation with Christ in this season.

Heather Walker Peterson finds a common thread linking traditional Thanksgiving celebrations and Mary's experience of gratitude.

Heather Walker Peterson bemoans the lack of role models in her life calling and invites fellow full-time working mothers to think creatively about filling that gap.

Heather Walker Peterson leads us through our place in a long history of hope and expectation in this fallen world.

How can a professor at a Christian college gently guide her students toward a gracious and broad examination of thought and literature? Heather Walker Peterson gains insight from Sarah Arthur's recent

In the relaxed pace of summer, Heather Walker Peterson examines the spiritual ballast she needs in order to love her children well.

Heather Walker Peterson relinquishes her right to be right — in the name of love.

Heather Walker Peterson negotiates the internal conflict between social expectations and her deepest priorities.

A reflection on taking risks at work to pursue flourishing, exploring how courage, trust, and openness to change help us grow personally, professionally, and spiritually.

Heather Walker Peterson examines her journey from shame to acceptance of her embodied, womanly self.

A reflection on Lent as a season of honesty and humility, reminding us that we don’t need to appear perfect—God meets us in our mess and invites us to simply show up.

Heather Walker Peterson explores the tension of living amidst both the secular and the sacred at this time of year.

A mother wrestles with guilt about childcare while pursuing work, praying for guidance and discovering that faith allows space to shape motherhood with freedom and trust in God.