The Archive

Every essay.

Myles WerntzTheologyFormation

The Poor as the Revelation of God

To enter into the eternal love of God is to enter into a love of the poor.

John AhernCultureFormation

The Plight of the Christian Scholar

One of the defining problems facing the church today is that we lack the infrastructure and funding to support elite Christian scholarship.

Matthew SmithPoetryBook Reviews

On Being Haunted by Milton’s Paradise Lost

Milton's poem got away from him—and somehow he anticipated it. Perhaps that's why he haunts so much western literature.

David J. ChamberlinChurch

How to Lead Through Crisis Without Losing Your Soul

Responding to crisis in the church in a way that is wise and obedient to God's law is one of the hardest things ministry leaders will have to do.

Hayden NesbitTechnologyFormation

How to Resist the Acceleration, Aggression, and Illusion of the Internet

Our online lives bear a disturbing resemblance to the safe 'casket' C. S. Lewis warned us about, where our hearts would become loveless and invulnerable.

Ian OlsonCulture

The Luxury and Necessity of Pessimism

Pessimism fails when it makes us fatalistic about the possibilities of renewal, yet it is also a vital safeguard against entitlement and glib optimism.

Samuel JamesTechnology

If You Ask A.I. for Marriage Advice, It'll Probably Tell You to Get Divorced

A massive cultural shift may be coming.

Alex KneenPoetryFormation

Stone and Flesh

a sonnet on law, gospel, and why we can't chisel our way back to life

Samuel JamesTechnology

If You Ask A.I. for Marriage Advice, It'll Probably Tell You to Get Divorced

A massive cultural shift may be coming.

Tessa CarmanCultureFormation

Why We Need to Attend to the Suffering

Hannah Rose Thomas's remarkable paintings remind us of the humanity of suffering people that are often so easy to forget or ignore.

Jake MeadorCulture

Are Bari Weiss and Protestant Franco the Only Options?

If the choices we have are Bari Weiss's politics or an imaginary Protestant Franco, the choice is not hard. But surely we have other options?

Jake MeadorTechnologyChurch

Presbyterian Formation vs Digital Formation

Digital formation is an acid that dissolves the work of being formed in a specific ecclesial tradition, such as presbyterianism.