The Archive

Every essay.

Cameron ShafferBook Reviews

Learning from the Exvangelicals

Sarah McCammon's new book 'The Exvangelicals' offers a glimpse into why some have left evangelicalism. But it is too quick to trust in its own judgments.

Matthew ArboHealth & MedicineFormationMental Health

We Would Rather Be Ruined Than Changed: Anxiety as a Moral Concept

Anxiety should not be pathologized, for then we will not recognize it as a normal part of being human or as something that can be endured with divine help.

Jake MeadorCurrent Politics

Vibe Emission Is Not a Political Strategy

Being effective in politics is not about emitting the proper vibes, but understanding how democratic systems work and operating effectively within them.

Daniel K. WilliamsBook Reviews

They Flew?: Making Sense of Levitating Saints

Carlos Eire's book is a worthy consideration of how historians should interpret historical reports of the miraculous.

Jake MeadorCultureHealth & MedicineFilm Reviews/Hollywood

The End of Choice

Two recent essays, one in New York and the other at The Free Press, further demonstrate how inhumane and starved for love our cultural moment truly is.

Brewer EberlyTechnologyHealth & MedicineLiterature

Heads in the Heavens (or in Hell)

Our contemporary sickness of seeking does not deliver what it promises, instead leaving us lost, distraught, and alone.

Ross ByrdFormation

Why We Fast

Fasting has always been part of Christian piety, though it is seldom practiced today. These are three reasons you should practice fasting.

Michael WearCurrent Politics

Political Therapeutic Deism

In a politically obsessed society it is no surprise that we now have a political variant on the faux religion of moralistic therapeutic deism.

Gillis HarpChurchBibleSacraments

The Overcorrection of the Evangelical Sacramentalists

The sacraments ought to be a core element of our public worship as Christians. But if they supplant the Word of God as central, we have erred.

Nadya WilliamsFamilyTechnologyEducation

Homeschooling, Luddite Style

You don't need to depend on laptops and tablets as part of homeschooling; a good library card is (mostly) all you need.

Jake MeadorHoly Week

Easter Day

He is risen!

Jake MeadorHoly Week

Holy Friday

On Holy Thursday we reflect on Christ's imminent death with the aid of an antiphon hymn from the Eastern church.