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T. M. SuffieldFormation

Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

What did Jesus mean when he said that those who mourn are blessed?

Matthew Lee AndersonFormationLent

Raising the Floor: On the Value of Asceticism

Ascetical practices are helpful because they induce crisis in ways that change us without destroying us.

Erin AhnfeldtEducationFormation

The Worst Thing Was Not the Last

Christians know that the worst things are not the last, as one public school teacher was reminded recently following a tragedy in his school.

Mitch EastFormation

The Gospel Is About Going to Heaven When You Die

In attempting to emphasize the resurrection we shouldn't dismiss the intermediate state. If we are in Christ we really will go to heaven when we die.

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.