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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.

Casey ShuttTheologyFormation

Bari Weiss, Amanda Knox, and the Intrusion of Grace

Even when we don't recognize its source in Christianity, we all recognize and often need the power of grace.

Mitch EastFamilyCultureFormation

The Separation of Woman and Womb: A Warning

If we imagine some not unlikely future forms of biomedical tech we will quickly realize how inadequate much Christian thinking about bioethics has been.

Ian HarberTechnologyFormation

Monk or Missionary: Christian Approaches to Social Media

Given the now obvious dangers inherent to social media use, two primary options remain for Christians: to become a digital missionary... or digital monk.

Drake OsbornFormation

Found in the Cosmos: Holiness and the Therapeutic

A robust understanding of holiness presents an alternative form of life, set against both the therapeutic and the rationalistic.

Amy MantravadiBook ReviewsFormation

Medieval Wisdom for Modern Readers

Grace Hamman's 'Ask of Old Paths' is an account of virtue that is simultaneously conversant with the contemporary world and grounded in the medieval.