The Archive
Casey ChalkFeatured
Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" offers readers a delightful and childlike account of the beauty of home and simple friendships.
Jake MeadorFeatured
We have officially launched our KickStarter campaign! What follows is cross-posted from KickStarter: A Christian Magazine for Rootless Times Ours is a society of orphans, of people who don’t belong to anyone. Americans report skyrocketing rates of loneliness and mental […]
Onsi A. KamelFeatured
Fr. Paul, like the Lord he followed, wandered in barren places for many days. He has now been called home to his eternal rest.
Nicholas MeverelFeatured
Memes and icons are not merely two alternative forms of visual communication; they actually gesture toward two radically different concepts of reality.
Caleb Wait
What hath Jerusalem to do with Paris, or Carthage with Milan? Dr. Robert Covolo—Director of the Center for Pastoral Residents at Christ Church Sierra Madre, former scholar at the Visual Faith Institute of Art and Architecture and faculty at the […]
KJ DrakeFeatured
It is de rigeur to begin any work on the ascension with the contemporary church’s neglect of the doctrine. Despite numerous books published on the ascension in the past generation and the prominence of the doctrine in the creeds this […]
Joshua JensenBibleFeatured
Joshua Jensen on how Bible translators should think about their work, about Scripture, and about the readers of their translations.
Elijah Del MedigoFeatured
Throughout centuries of exile, the Talmud has been an oasis of calm for the Jewish people. Heinrich Heine famously called it “the portable homeland of the Jewish people.” The study of Talmud, even in the centuries-long suspension of national sovereignty, […]
Jake Meador
Background: Start by reading Ben Smith’s profile of Andrew Sullivan for the New York Times. Then read my friend Rod Dreher’s defense of Sullivan. One of the smartest responses back when everyone was debating Rod’s Benedict Option came from Andy Crouch, […]
Caleb WaitMere Fidelity
When considering his numerous encounters with the ritually impure, many today depict Jesus as a prophet who, in his ministry, was against Jewish laws and purity rituals. However, does this
Brad EdwardsFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism
Mark Sayers defines secularism as the pursuit of “the fruits of the Kingdom without the King.” It’s a beautifully succinct summary of a culture with a historical amnesia of it’s once-upon-a-time countercultural Christian foundations built to support the social virtues […]
Caleb WaitMere Fidelity
Matt, Derek, and Alastair discuss the recent scandal of Jerry Falwell Jr.— former President of Liberty University—and what biblical and theological resources Christians have to view scandals in the