Endless sales, politicking, and bickering have convinced many to see persuasion as a bad thing ("as long as you don't try and persuade me"). We're going to try and persuade you otherwise.
As we look to make sense of the news of this last week, it may be wise to look back on a more than 50 year old film that asks what exactly is an oath.
Is it possible that humankind’s deepest yearnings for connection, unity, shared meaning, and love are the shared sacred quest of both religion and the best rock?
A greater awareness of sexual pleasure is not enough to confront the serious challenges young people face navigating sexuality in America today.
Divergent emotions evoked by Senator Romney’s impeachment vote reveal something more important than just partisan passions.
When we reduce complex conversations to simple for-or-against-us battles, we perpetuate the conditions that make creative and peaceful resolutions unlikely.
Something goes into building community that is different than simply banding together with people we like or share an ideology with. They're not the same!
That this thing called “sexuality” ought to dictate much of our lives is hardly questioned anymore, including among Christians. But is this right or true?
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Endless sales, politicking, and bickering have convinced many to see persuasion as a bad thing ("as long as you don't try and persuade me"). We're going to try and persuade you otherwise.
God pronounces this union fully equal and names it an “equal partnership.” Equal, not because spouses are the same or have the same proclivities or skills, but because of a profoundly interwoven union that reflects common burden-sharing.
Is it possible that humankind’s deepest yearnings for connection, unity, shared meaning, and love are the shared sacred quest of both religion and the best rock?
As we look to make sense of the news of this last week, it may be wise to look back on a more than 50 year old film that asks what exactly is an oath.
A greater awareness of sexual pleasure is not enough to confront the serious challenges young people face navigating sexuality in America today.
Between Coco and The Good Place pop culture sure wants the afterlife to end. Is that because our religious culture isn't providing a better vision?
Divergent emotions evoked by Senator Romney’s impeachment vote reveal something more important than just partisan passions.
Though the world may seem darker without Clay in it, his teachings and his example will inspire us to make the world much brighter regardless of our profession.
COVERING THE COVERAGE
As I have attempted to show over the course of this series of essays (here, here, and here), it is often the case that many of our doubts and struggles with our faith are rooted in unrecognized assumptions we have unwittingly absorbed from the larger secular culture...
Even if we accept that mortal life is difficult by design to some extent, we may still be left with the question: does there have to be this much of it? This is an ancient question. How do we reconcile a God who is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-loving with a...
In a 2012 Saturday Night Live sketch, a political ad parody “paid for” by “Low-Information Voters of America” showcased a handful of America’s “undecided voters” asking questions like, “What are the names of the two people running?” or “Who is the president right now?...
