The Archive
Nathaniel MarshallBook ReviewsFormationJournalWinter 2026
Amateurism is wonderful, but asking it to serve as a subversion of capitalism and hustle culture is to misunderstand what it is.
Ben GibsonCulture
Too often we think that the only viable solution to pressing social problems is complex engineering or trite answers. What we need are simple acts.
Jamie CarlsonTheologyChurch
Evangelical gender discourse tends to be fairly fake and contrived because the key questions are ignored due to a combination of anxiety and partisanship.
William TateBook ReviewsJournalWinter 2026
Alan Jacobs's biography of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' will help new readers understand and appreciate the immensity of Milton's poem.
Austin GravleyCultureTechnologyFormation
The first ever State of the Internet report from Mere Orthodoxy
Matt ReynoldsBook ReviewsFormation
There are times when the work of understanding why a book fails and taking the time to explain that can be immensely worthwhile.
Shane HullArtMusicCulture
A conversation with Andrew Peterson about the music of Rich Mullins and what it was like to do a live performance of one of Mullins's greatest albums.
Kirsten SandersCultureChurchBook ReviewsJournalWinter 2026
If you experience many longings and intuitions that are traditionally answered by religion, why not be religious? Paul Elie's book attempts an answer.
Gracy OlmsteadChurchBook ReviewsFormationJournalWinter 2026
Both the church calendar and the work of gardening are reminders of our mortality and an exhortation to prepare for the world to come.
Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews
Lewis believed that every human being is made in the divine image, male or female, as part of the giftedness of creation.
Christopher GehrzBook ReviewsJournalWinter 2026
What happens to civic society as the norms that shaped 'the age of Hitler' erode and vanish?