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Marc SimsFamilyTechnologyFormation

Sex, Virtue, Technology

Within a covenantal relationship of care and mutual giving, sex is a powerful means of growing in virtue. Removed from that context, it is destructive.

Ryan P. TinettiFormation

The Need to Knead

A beautiful and tasty loaf of bread, like all creative handiwork, is an affirmation of the inherent wonder and goodness of being alive.

Myles WerntzTheologyFormation

The Poor as the Revelation of God

To enter into the eternal love of God is to enter into a love of the poor.

John AhernCultureFormation

The Plight of the Christian Scholar

One of the defining problems facing the church today is that we lack the infrastructure and funding to support elite Christian scholarship.

Hayden NesbitTechnologyFormation

How to Resist the Acceleration, Aggression, and Illusion of the Internet

Our online lives bear a disturbing resemblance to the safe 'casket' C. S. Lewis warned us about, where our hearts would become loveless and invulnerable.

Alex KneenPoetryFormation

Stone and Flesh

a sonnet on law, gospel, and why we can't chisel our way back to life

Tessa CarmanCultureFormation

Why We Need to Attend to the Suffering

Hannah Rose Thomas's remarkable paintings remind us of the humanity of suffering people that are often so easy to forget or ignore.

Trevin WaxTechnologyChurchFormation

Denominational Discourse in the Age of the Algorithm

People whose brains have been transformed by algorithms will struggle to steward well the shared life of their church denomination.

Joshua HeavinFormation

Character in Absurd Times

The greatest test of our character quite often is what we are willing or able to do when all hope seems lost.

Amy MantravadiFamilyCultureFormation

Parenting an Autistic Child in 2025

If we lack a robust account of the goodness of human life itself, we will have very little to offer to parents of children on the autism spectrum.

Jake MeadorCultureFormation

Even Now, Faithful Presence

Times of chaos can make us question if ordinary Christian practices are sufficient. Yet the underlying facts of our situation are the same as ever.

Jim WildemanFormation

The Least I Can Do

The small expressions we use without thought often convey far more than we first intended.