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Daniel GoodmanCultureFormation

Aristotle in the Coffee Shop

Learn to recognize affirming the consequent and bulverism and you are ready to understand many 'debates' in our cultural moment.

Daniel HummelCultureChurchFormation

Secular Protestantism is America's Religion

Both the progressive Protestant Mainline and conservative Evangelical movements have succeeded spectacularly, but not in the way either wanted.

Austin GravleyTechnologyFormation

How the Mere Orthodoxy Discord Helped Me Quit Twitter

The Mere Orthodoxy Discord server, The Society of St. Anne's, has helped me finally break away from more toxic and corrosive forms of online media.

Matthew LoftusFamilyTechnologyFormation

Misunderstanding Porn

Dismissing a porn addiction as being a problem of unfulfilled sexual desire radically misunderstands why people turn to pornography in the first place.

Simon LiuChurchFormation

The Kind of Service God Requires

We enter the church as consumers and therefore many pastors and churches engage in performances that don't cost anything yet can appear very spiritual.

Nelson MusipaFormation

The Necessity of Gratitude

An attitude of entitlement kills gratitude and leads to complaining and strife and stunts our growth as Christian believers.

Michael AllenFormation

Gratitude and the Good Life

The devil cannot express gratitude, and the devil is shown to dwell in the darkness.

Ted EslerFormation

The Gratitude of a Romani Pastor

The grateful prayers of a Romani pastor are a memorable instruction for us all.

Ben GraberFormation

Holy Joy

The right response to hearing the story of God's faithfulness to his people, even amidst our own failures, is holy joy.

Rachel Roth AldhizerBook ReviewsFormationJournalFall 2025

The Presence of Christ in Our Dependence

Dependence has a language. Need has a way of speaking to us and calling for help, even when it cannot do so with words.

Pieter ValkFamilyFormation

Discernment, Angst, and Vocational Celibacy

Asking God for aid in discerning whether one is called to marriage or celibacy might help calm anxiety and give direction to an anxious generation.

Alastair HerdTechnologyFormation

The Dignity of Ordinary Work: What Cain and Abel Reveal About Modern Alienation

There is dignity to be found in ordinary work--even work that many of our peers deride as meaningless or worse.