The body is part of how we meet the world. That may help explain why some kinds of rest leave us strangely tired. We stopped ...

The sheer torrent of political advertising hitting us here is stunning. Little of it is positive. Even less of it is fully true.

There may have been a significant issue at stake in all this. But who of us would be surprised were we to discover one day ...

Perhaps we could all use a few moments of levity in these difficult days? –Ed. INT. CAFÉ CLOUD NINE, HEAVEN – ETERNAL DAY Small groups ...

Once, as I was walking off the pitch after a rugby match, a teammate named Jeff, who’d just discovered that I was a Christian and a pastor, announced to me: “Hey! Jared! I started reading the Bible ...

Abraham, paragon of biblical faith, is complicated, contradictory, both faithful and deeply flawed.

Our faith’s preferred metaphors tend to emphasize motionlessness as the goal state.

Every now and again, the Athletics and Recreation Centre at the university I work for runs a one-off exercise class during lunch hour that staff can sign up for at no cost. And every now and again, in ...

Plenty is quieter than abundance. It does not promise everyone will have everything they want or that hardship will disappear. Plenty asks whether what God ...

Lately, I have been asking some of my friends how much money they make each year. Only one has told me. I understand why. The question can sound intrusive or judgmental. It might feel like the ...

When we open a book, we must grant the author and their created world the status of a neighbor. We treat them with hospitality. We ...

I was the kid who asked her parents to leave the hall light on under the guise of fear of the dark. What I really wanted was the sliver of light that fell on my bed so I could angle my book just right ...