The Archive

Every essay.

Jim WildemanFormation

An Encomium for Carol

It is good to speak well of our beloved friends and family while we may, so that they know what they have meant to us even while they still live.

Amy MantravadiBook Reviews

The Body God Gives

Smith's 'The Body God Gives' is a helpful biblical supplement to the philosophical work on selfhood in Trueman's 'Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self.'

Steven SearcyPoetryBook Reviews

Field of Bounty and of Grief

Paul Pastor's 'The Locust Years' is a wonderful book to help introduce someone to the joys of poetry or to reinvigorate a forgotten love for it.

Kirsten SandersBook Reviews

Making the Wrong Bet

If the world is haunted and the evil supernatural is real, then taking a somewhat indifferentist posture to which God or gods one follows is an odd choice.

Amanda McCrinaBook Reviews

That One Note That Holds Life

Sildre's graphic novel biography of Arvo Part is, above all else, a spiritual biography exploring Part's spiritual growth, which fed his musical work.

Jake MeadorTheology

Why You Can't Dodge Theological Questions

Theology is ultimately doxological; it is intended to guide Christian believers toward the praise of God. So you cannot permanently ignore hard questions.

Nadya WilliamsBook ReviewsFormation

Seeking a Life Well Lived

Karen Swallow Prior's new book won't tell you what job to take. But if you desire counsel about how to live well, this book will deliver.

Elizabeth SticeFormation

The Gift of a Toothache

While no sane person would say, like Dostoevsky's Underground Man, that toothache is 'enjoyable', such banal pains can be spiritually enlightening.

Kirsten SandersFamilyTheology

Desiderata for a Protestant Theology of the Body

Preliminary notes on what a Protestant 'theology of the body' ought to be.

Haley BaumeisterFamilyTechnologyFormation

The Case Against Vasectomies

The glib way in which many evangelicals approach procedures like vasectomies is indicative of how superficial our understanding of sexuality often is.

Derek RishmawyCultureFormation

Holy Ambitions, Large and Small

The sin of unbelief can destroy large, well-known ministries. But it can equally prevent qualified leaders from pursuing the grand works God calls them to.

Phil CotnoirCultureHealth & Medicine

The Coming Psychedelic Moment

Soaring rates of mental illness will almost certainly mean increased use and acceptance of psychedelics in the coming years.