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Christina StantonFormation
The call to forgive is not tangential to Christian piety, but is the beating heart of it.
Alex FoglemanPhilosophyFormation
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
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 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 […]
Matthew LoftusFormation
When a 19-year-old is in the cage stage, it's understandable. When a man three times his age still is, it's sad.
Rachel Roth AldhizerFeaturedFormation
Like many parents, I’ve sent my kindergartener to school recently with a pit in my stomach. Horror of the recent school shooting has ripped across the nation in the last week. My mind is preoccupied with terror. My kindergartener attends […]
Joseph RheaFeaturedFormation
There Israel encamped before the mountain, 3 while Moses went up to God. The Lord called to him out of the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel: 4 ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to […]
Joshua HeavinFeaturedFormation
What has God promised us about our lives, in the here and now? One of the earliest works of Christian theology is Origen of Alexandria’s On First Principles; a case can be made that it is our oldest, extant text […]
Matthew EmersonFeaturedFormation
At the beginning of The Divine Comedy, in Canto I of Inferno, Dante opens with these famous lines:
Bruce ClarkFeaturedChurchFormation
A number of years ago, a wise parent shared with me an insight for which I have been repeatedly grateful: One reason God gives us children is so that we adults can [re]discover nature. This has proven true on numerous […]
John EgerFeaturedEvangelicalismFormation
Deconstruction to some degree seems duty free. That individuals subtract parts and pieces of their lives that don’t fit and then figure out what to fill in those abscesses. As we enter into a cultural field of reconstruction (I’m hearing […]
Pieter ValkFeaturedCultureChurchFormation
Having begun the work of bringing his kingdom on earth, Christ promised to redeem all of creation. He promised fullness of life to those who would follow him and blessing to their neighbors. Yet many believers offer timid testimonies about […]