Religion
Fiennes is broodingly compelling as a potential English pope caught up in murky Vatican intrigue around choosing the next pontiffWho knew that the laborious ...
Luke 17:11–19 tells the story of 10 lepers calling to Jesus for healing, but only one returns to give thanks. Around Thanksgiving, this passage is often trea...
My credit card dreads the months between August and February. After surviving back-to-school shopping and the onslaught of autumn and winter holidays, I winc...
John Calvin died in 1564. His works have been continually read since his death. What more can we learn from his sermons at this point in history?
A recent c...
Some life experiences are disorienting and overwhelming. Maybe it’s your first day of a new school or job or your first time in a new city. You look around a...
Nature is going to solve the problem by eliminating the modern humanIn response to Ashish Ghadiali’s story last week (“Yes, there is a lot of greenwashing, b...
I’ve loved Christmas for as long as I can remember. Since becoming a mom, I’ve had grand expectations for what the holiday season could look like for our fam...
In her delightful book A Marvelous Solitude: The Art of Reading in Early Modern Europe, Lina Bolzoni observes, “Reading was for Petrarch a passionate love af...
“Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves,” the builders of the Tower of Babel said ...
Thirty-five years ago, Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor published Sources of the Self—a dense but stunning portrait of modern Western people and the moral...
Our lives are busy, and our time is precious. Which of us wakes up in the morning thinking, You know, I wish I had more mid-20th-century German-speaking Marx...
Recently, an aged house-church pastor died in one of China’s global cities. Unlike the many famous Christians whose obituaries you read, you’ve never heard t...
Christmas is coming, as your kids have undoubtedly reminded you. That means shopping season has arrived—with former forests worth of gift catalogs in the mai...
In this lecture, Don Carson contrasts false prophets, who lead others astray, with genuine prophets who speak truth grounded in God’s revelation and call peo...
The command to “honor your father and mother” receives a prominent place in the Bible. It’s not only in God’s “top 10”; it’s also repeated multiple times thr...
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in United States v. Skrmetti, an important case that will determine whether st...
Grief is a deep emotional journey that can make you feel lost, broken, and disconnected from yourself and the world around you. Islamic teachings offer guida...
Imagine waking up to the world’s weight pressing down on your chest. Your thoughts race, your heart feels heavy, and no matter how hard you try, you can’t sh...
Are you constantly feeling anxious without knowing why? You’re not alone. Social anxiety, career pressures, or even just the fast-paced digital world we live...
Many adult children carry the heavy burden of their childhood trauma, shaping their futures in ways often unseen by the world. Traumas embed deep within thei...
Family plays a pivotal role in our lives, shaping our values, beliefs, and emotional well-being. But what happens when the very people we cherish become the ...
