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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.

Eric McLaughlinMusicChurchTheology

"Some Miracles Only Come Slowly": On Andy Squyres's 'Praise Songs'

Why is the glory of God so invisible most of the time?

The MagpieKirsten SandersCultureBooks

The Magpie #7: Concerning "Theory"

An encounter with the men who "made thinking feel like doing"

Jake MeadorTechnologyAbout Mere Orthodoxy

How and Why We Do (and Don't) Use Generative AI

We are seeking after understanding, healing, and preservation rather than strength or domination.

TechnologyCultureWritingKandace McCorrister

The World of Thinkers

I keep scrolling, mechanically moving through text and thoughts, thoughts and quotes. The poignant essay is already too many posts back to find again, and my brain is growing weary.

About Mere OrthodoxyTechnologyJake Meador

Announcing "The Faith Received"

The Christian tradition is the Christian’s inheritance.

BooksFormationCole Claybourn

The Paradoxes of Happiness

Perhaps the biggest paradox Wilson brings out is that true happiness often comes when we stop actively looking for it.