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A. A. KostasFormationChurch

Vaccinated Against God

A weaker, culturally accommodated version of Christian faith can render us immune, as it were, to the life we are called to in Christian discipleship.

FormationHaley Baumeister

Do You Want to be Well?

Something profoundly needed can come from the humiliation of being emotionally and spiritually splayed out. Need invites hospitality and desperation welcomes receptivity.

Cameron ShafferChurchTheology

The Triumph of Confessionalism in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church

It actually is possible to meld a spirit of charity and irenicism with deep confessionalism.

FamilyCultureChristine AgarwalFormation

Children of the Wasted Lands

Listen carefully to the stories being told to you, and choose wisely which ones to listen to.

Michelle Van LoonBooksCulture

Seeking Reconciliation Between Israelis and Palestinians

'On Reconciliation' is an invitation to readers to imagine themselves beyond the headlines and horrors, in a room where former enemies can begin to repair the world together.

FormationCultureMarc Sims

Tolstoy's Path Out of Skepticism

Tolstoy's disillusionment with decadent Christianity initially made him a skeptic. But over time he couldn't maintain his skepticism and he began to doubt his doubts.

Steven SearcyPoetryBooks

Wriggle and Rest: Lively and Living Language for Faith

Mischa Willett. This Gift Card Has Already Been Redeemed by Mischa Willett. Paraclete Press, 2026. $21.00. 112 pp. Jazz. Opera. Poetry. All dead-end art forms, surviving in the

Hayden NesbitFormation

Nausea and Time

Many of us live with a frustratingly elusive lack of meaning and purpose. We are all, in a word, untethered and feel the gut-drop of falling.

CultureBooksJake Meador

Considering 'Fusionism'

These are the things I hope Stephanie Slade covers in her book.

PoetryKimberly Joyce WilliamsFormation

Outsourcing the Sun

Why it is hard to define 'authentic' experience

Erik LundeenTechnologyChurchTheology

The Case Against Video Preaching

God the Son took on flesh and communicated his message face to face.

TheologyBooksJoshua Heavin

The Return of Classical Theism

It almost goes without saying that Steffaniak’s book should prove a touchstone for future conversations or debates about classical theism.