The Archive

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Nadya WilliamsTechnologyFormationFamily

A Day in the Life of a Screen-Free Child

A screen-free childhood sounds strange and implausible to many, but it remains possible and even relatively attainable for those who desire it.

Justin N. PoythressFormation

Meditation and the Giver of Things

To be drawn out of oneself is a great good, but the goal of such meditation is not detachment from the world, but attunement to the world and its giver.

Jake MeadorCultureBook Reviews

The Liberalism of George Smiley

We often do not think of democratic liberalism has possessing its own sort of moral excellencies, yet the model of George Smiley suggests that we should.

Gillis HarpCulture

From Libertarian to Authoritarian: The Devolution of Evangelical Politics

The lack of careful, historically informed Christian reflection regarding civic engagement has had harmful consequences for both church and culture.

Paul J. PastorPoetryJournalWinter 2026

Of Holy Indolence, the End of All Life

To open our hands and not ask why is sometimes one of the best things we can do.

Chris SibbenTechnologyEducationFormation

A Hollow Crown: AI and the Formation of Students

Generative AI can mimic the traces of a mind at work, but it cannot replicate the slow, difficult formation of a human soul.

Lucy S. R. AustenBook ReviewsJournalWinter 2026

Man and Machine

The history of the book shows us that human frailty and cruelty have led to horrors, and that human goodness and strength have created powerful change for the better.

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

Creating Membership

For Berry and the Christian tradition, authentic political community is a thing that can be created, not merely something that arises from nature.

Cameron ShafferFamily

Keeping Kids Christian: Bonus Q and A

We did not get to all the questions in our recent book forum with Cameron Shaffer. So he provided written answers to several final questions.

Katy CarlBook Reviews

A Passage Through the Dark

Can story outdo wrongheaded calculation, political machination, and ideological influence, all to awaken and regenerate our capacity to choose the good?

Andrew KaufmannBook Reviews

George Scialabba’s Utopian Hopes

Scialabba's wandering meditation on hope is not without flaws, yet it remains instructive and worth engaging on many distinct levels.

Elisabeth Lasch-QuinnBook Reviews

Lucky to be Grateful

If we have loved something good with a deep and faithful love, then even if that thing is lost, we still have cause for gratitude.