The Gospel Is Not Good Advice, But a Person
Can someone sinking in a swamp pull himself out by tugging upward on his own hair?
Cosplay Righteousness and Halloween
For one night (and one night only), you get to be someone else for a change.
October 9-15
A “Harsh Mercy,” Generational Resentment, Digital Tombstones, Travel Freedom, and Purity Culture
October 2-8
A Bible College Insurrection, Forgiving Dad, the Law of Ideology, Screen Time Guilt, and the Strength of Weakness.
What the Gospel Means for Rich People
What she needed was for her particular form of poverty to be seen so that the good news of Jesus could be shown to her.
Everyday Guilt and Impossible Atonement
Because of our universal need to win approval, the idea of atonement holds great appeal.
Are You Gaslighting Me God?
When things fall apart, it’s easy to feel like we’re being toyed with for no reason.
The Surprise Issue
The Sports Issue
The Future Issue
The Family Issue
Six Posts about Rest for Summer
“[Rituals are] a peace and a haven set into the wreck of time … a lifeboat on which you find yourself, decades later, still living”
The Surprisingly Refreshing Doctrine of Original Sin
Meet the (Saintly) Man Behind the Hit Netflix Series
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Attachment Theory and Your Relationship With God
Attachment is part of what it means to be a human, created by God.
Why We’re Not Going Back to Church
If the church was actually what they said it was — a hospital for sinners — then our sanctuaries would be full of bodies.
The Two Testaments of Ted Lasso
The second season of Ted Lasso shows us in bright, brilliant colors that we are, in fact, not ok.
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Chronic Faith in a Long, Terrible Middle
Am I supposed to be “growing into this,” rather than yearning for anything but?
