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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.

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.

Jake MeadorCultureChurchBook ReviewsFormation

Liturgies of the Wild and Non-Expressivist Religion

If you want people to be bewildered by church, then church needs to be weird in some way.

David HenrecksonEducationFormation

Moral and Spiritual Hunger in the Classroom

If I’m upfront about my commitments, and offer an invitation to interrogate their commitments in light of our texts, the 'problem' of pluralism evaporates.

Ian HarberFamilyFormation

The Need for Father-Scholars

How many fathers could, like the author of the Proverbs, pass down a repository of wisdom about all of life to their children?

Nadya WilliamsChurchBook ReviewsFormation

Preparing for Lent and Easter with a Cloud of Witnesses

The new edition of Plough's Lent and Easter reader features 96 texts that will help us remember the strange anticipation and hope of the Christian faith.

Matthew AdamsChurchFormation

Unreasonable Hospitality and the Ordinary Work of the Church

Churches are often good at transactions and routines. But while structure is important, if it is not paired with genuine care, it is insufficient.

Phil WoodwardTechnologyFormation

Why and How to Give Up Your Smartphone

Learn from someone who has never owned a smartphone how to adjust your life and tech users so that you can live smartphone free.