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Skyler FlowersFormation

How Online Media Deforms Christian Disciples

An unhealthy online media diet will malform and twist Christian disciples. The best (only?) way out is embodied, local Christian community.

L. M. SacasasTechnologyFormation

The Thing That is Silence

Silence is best understood not as a negation, but as a positive and formative presence whose absence we suffer from.

Brad LittlejohnFormation

Seeking Wisdom Without Training Wheels: An Exhortation to Christian Graduates

New Christian graduates are now tasked with the task of cultivating wisdom without the benefit of training wheels.

Daniel DormanFormation

To Sit in the Threat of Loss

Sitting with the possibility of imminent grief and death forces one to turn one's eyes to God and hope in his promises.

Andy HoodHealth & MedicineFormation

The Distortion of Vulnerability

Weber's ‘iron cage’ of modernity distorts Christian life and community in countless ways. One of the most pertinent concerns the idea of vulnerability.

Ashley HalesFormation

Two Roads in Christian Discipleship

The Christian story is what can free us from fear and provide deep roots to anchor our lives amidst uncertainty and doubt.

Seth TrouttGenderFormation

Scripts for Healthy Masculinity

One helpful way of discussing good masculinity is to consider the specific roles that men occupy as they pass through life.

Cory BarnesBibleFormation

At His Right Hand Are Pleasures Forevermore

Lady Folly promises much, but she can't deliver because all true pleasures come from God.

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.

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.

Joshua HeavinFormation

Being Human on World Down Syndrome Day

World Down Syndrome Day is an excellent opportunity to contemplate how human beings relate to time.

Christina StantonChurchFormation

New One

One Mokgatle serves as a regional director for southern Africa with Acts 29. This is his story of how God saved and called him to ministry.