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Justin N. PoythressFormation

Meditation and the Giver of Things

To be drawn out of oneself is a great good, but the goal of such meditation is not detachment from the world, but attunement to the world and its giver.

Chris SibbenTechnologyEducationFormation

A Hollow Crown: AI and the Formation of Students

Generative AI can mimic the traces of a mind at work, but it cannot replicate the slow, difficult formation of a human soul.

Alex StevensTechnologyFormation

Aquinas, AI, and the Pursuit of Learning

The ascent of AI does create new challenges for knowing what is real, but the tools that we have always relied upon still have much to offer us.

Nathaniel MarshallBook ReviewsFormationJournalWinter 2026

To Dabble or Not to Dabble

Amateurism is wonderful, but asking it to serve as a subversion of capitalism and hustle culture is to misunderstand what it is.

Austin GravleyCultureTechnologyFormation

The State of the Internet: 2026

The first ever State of the Internet report from Mere Orthodoxy

Matt ReynoldsBook ReviewsFormation

On Judging Books

There are times when the work of understanding why a book fails and taking the time to explain that can be immensely worthwhile.

Gracy OlmsteadChurchBook ReviewsFormationJournalWinter 2026

The Garden and the Liturgy

Both the church calendar and the work of gardening are reminders of our mortality and an exhortation to prepare for the world to come.

Peter BilesFormation

What Grief Can Teach

C.S. Lewis was right. Attach yourself to anything, even an animal, and you risk heartbreak.

Ian HarberTechnologyBook ReviewsFormation

Life with the Machines

When it comes to wisely engaging with new tech, we need options besides 'limit screen time' and 'bomb data centers.'

Jake MeadorFormation

The Bright Sadness of Ben Sasse

Ben Sasse has made a gift of his dying, something which he can do only because of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Hayden NesbitChurchFormation

Formed by Song: How Music Shapes the Christian Life

Throughout church history the great teachers of the faith have commended music to us as a vehicle for living the Christian life.

Adam FinkneyChurchFormation

Tradition Didn’t Kill My Faith. Amnesia Almost Did.

I didn’t lose my faith because Christianity asked too much of me. I nearly lost it because it asked too little.