Chad Bird

His life, his faith, and his Lord.

Performative Work, Pentecostal Future, Existential Apps, Lonely Mid-Life, and the God Who Sees Us.

January 21-22 — Registration Is Now Open

Paul and the Power of Grace, Reading While Black, and more!

1. Will COVID cancel Christmas this year? I certainly hope not, but that’s what Giles […]

In the Palm of my Hand, He Stares up at Me, Trying to Make Sense of this Help Received in the Dark

1. Any time the Resurrection breaks into the New York Times, it’s generally a thing […]

Fleming Rutledge, Tom Holland, Gerhard Forde, And More.

Stubborn Optimists, New Parents, Non-Parents, Backwards Empathy, Future Anxious Thoughts, and a Tale of Two Churches

Nihilism of Grace, Pirate Jokes, Johnny Cash, Nathan Colberg, a Chess Grandmaster, Rich Thieves, and the Punk Churches of East Germany

Religious Decline, Peloton, Halloween Righteousness, Reformation Day, and Kanye

1. Much of life can seem like a reaction to childhood. What our parents allowed […]