The Archive
Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics
Christians should not opt out of the work of partisan politics, but should locate that narrow work within a broader Christian political witness.
Matthew LoftusFamilyEthics
I really appreciate everything that Judy Wu Dominick writes, and this reflection on “loving your political frenemies” is no exception: I still ache over the anguish of some and the bigotry of others, but this prayer discipline has chipped away […]
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
There is more and more data coming out about the risk of death for black mothers and their babies in America, so I was really encouraged to read this article about using the Centering Pregnancy model of care for black […]
Matthew LoftusFeaturedCurrent Politics
The Bible tells Christians to love their neighbors as they love themselves. But who is their neighbor? The man next door? Yes. The people who live across town? Surely. Those who live in another part of their country? Okay. People […]
Matthew LoftusFamilyCulture
I very much appreciated this word from Hannah Anderson at Christ and Pop Culture about parenthood: The first thing we should do is realize that the level of control we feel is not as defined as it seems. To us, the […]
Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEthics
Wilfred McClay has a beautiful and much-needed essay at Comment on the tension Christians experience between our calling to be gardeners and pilgrims: We plant, tend, and nourish gardens, gather and prune them, negotiating and harmonizing the resultants of nature’s forces. We […]
Brad LittlejohnFeatured
Imagine that you are a young man and one day your father commands you to find the donkeys that have wandered off, like poor young Saul was commanded to do in 1 Samuel. How will you do this? To find the […]
Matthew LoftusBibleCultureEthics
My own connection to Pittsburgh is only through friends; my kids have played on the playground across the street from the Tree of Life synagogue several times. I wanted to share a few pieces about the incident, starting with this […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
Derek and Alastair put Matt through the trauma of a second dissertation defense, as they together discuss the reasons why we procreate and the reasons we might choose not to. If you’re interested in supporting the show financially, you can […]
Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEthicsHealth & Medicine
Tish Harrison Warren has a moving and beautiful essay at Christianity Today about her quest to honor the body of her unborn child: Our doctor wasn’t a jerk or insensitive to our grief. He was professional; we liked him. But he worked […]
Guest WriterFeaturedEducation
Biola professor Fred Sanders explains the rationale for Biola University's new Master of Arts in Classical Theology program.
Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEducation
This interview with Alan Jacobs is full of all the things I love to think about! The new book has an “Interlude,” in which you point to “other pilgrims, other paths,” and one of the figures is Dorothy Day, an icon […]