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Elizabeth EstherFormationMental Health

God in the Psych Ward

This is me telling you there is hope.

Houston ColeyFormation

A Kingdom of Tea and Strangers

L'Abri is a Christian community that exists to help people understand that 'Christ did not come to make us Christian; Christ came to make us fully human.'

Jake MeadorPolitical TheoryFormation

Calendars as Catechesis

Calendars are teachers. And this week our calendar teaches us to give thanks.

Jake MeadorFormation

Christ or the Pit

If Our Lord will not bruise broken reeds, then neither should his followers.

Drake OsbornWorkEconomics and BusinessFormation

The Ends of Work

Rest is not a reprieve from work, but rather is one part of a fruitful human life, existing peaceably next to work.

Rachel Roth AldhizerChurchFormation

The Last Words We Need to Hear: An All Saints Day Meditation

Tim Keller's final words remind us of the Gospel as we mark this All Saints Day.

Simon StokesFormation

Running the Race in a Secular Age

The Christian life is arduous as it ever was, but what was once a race that could be done in company and with mile markers often is done only in the dark.

Kevin BrownChurchFormation

The Call to John 17 Unity

The call to Christian unity given to us by Christ in John 17 is not conditional upon our circumstances or political context.

Christina StantonFormation

The St James Massacre and Forgiveness

The call to forgive is not tangential to Christian piety, but is the beating heart of it.

Alex FoglemanPhilosophyFormation

Does God Want You to be Happy?

Does God want us to be happy? It's a good question, but the best way to answer it is to complicate it first and then reply. St Augustine shows us the way.

Jake MeadorFeaturedFormation

The Doom of Choice - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Choice is one of Tolkien’s great preoccupations in The Lord of the Rings. He is fascinated by the existential challenge that confronts one at certain moments in life. I do not think they come often. You’re presented with two options. In […]

Stephanie BennettFeaturedFormation

Jeanne Guyon: Learning to Pray in the Digital Age from an Imprisoned Mystic - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon (1648–1717) discovered a particular discipline of prayer in which she could inhabit the “peace of God in the very midst of oppression and intense hardship.”[1] Her autobiography and books of Biblical study are […]