Contributor
Filed under
Guest WriterFeatured
The Boatmen tells of Thoreau's later years after his time at Walden and shows both why Thoreau is intriguing and why he is tragically flawed as a thinker.
Guest WriterFeatured
I’m pleased to publish this book review by Kayla Snow. Any book written with the expressed intention of moving its readers to stop reading is one that piques my curiosity. When that book is about trees, I am especially intrigued. […]
Jake MeadorFeatured
Chapter five is, so far, the most contemporary essay in Du Bois’s book. In it, he considers the city of Atlanta and what it says about the future of both African Americans and the South more broadly considered. He begins […]
Jake MeadorFamilyFeatured
Father's Day reminds us of the joy that can grow in a home. But what happens in places where home is a reality experienced only occasionally and by a few?
Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics
Ben Sasse's voting record may well contradict his stated social agenda. But if it does, it's worth asking "why?" and trying to understand the disconnect.
Matthew Lee AndersonFeatured
The latest edition of the New Yorker has a must-read article on the opioid crisis currently decimating West Virginia and surrounding states.
Jake MeadorFeatured
In chapter four Du Bois reflects on his time teaching at a black one-room schoolhouse in rural Tennessee. As such, most of the chapter is simply taken up with recounting what life looked like for an itinerant black school teacher […]
Jake MeadorFeatured
Jen Pollock Michel's new book, though not perfect, is an excellent reflection on how Christians should approach place, homelife, and hospitality.
Susannah Black RobertsFeaturedReviews (Theatre)
Max McLean's play "The Most Unlikely Convert," succeeds at showing us what C.S. Lewis's conversion was like for him: a thrilling and surprising adventure.
Matthew LoftusFeaturedEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
Friends, There is an urgent soul-cry from the culture. From our neighbors. This cry has been silenced by the church and ignored by the media.
Jake MeadorFeaturedHistory
In chapter 2, Du Bois writes a short history of black America from 1861-1872 to show how African Americans are a "problem" for the American republic.
Guest WriterFeaturedEvangelicalism
Ephesus – AD 52 – Darkest Timeline Caius and Nikola linger in the front room, waiting for Justus to finishing tidying up. The house church had just finished their Sunday meeting, and they needed to get home before dark.