Vulnerability draws me in like a magnet every time. Combine quick-witted sarcasm with transparency and I feel I’ve made a new best friend. […]
Arts & Culture
Charlie Chaplin and Jesus
“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in the long shot.”—Charlie Chaplin […]
Review: Seeing in the Dark
Whether you are an intimate follower of Christ or a skeptic, Nancy Ortberg’s latest book is a must-read. […]
Review: Lament Is the Beginning
Glenn Pemberton teaches Old Testament at Abilene Christian University. Because of a rare neurological syndrome […]
Second City Sabbatical
Christians often say that God has a “wonderful plan” for our lives. I don’t believe that’s true. […]
Review: A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War
In spite of the title’s reference to Lewis’s Narnia chronicles, this is not a children’s book. Rather, it is the story of how J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis […]
Review: The Art of Prayer
Prayer has been a struggle for me throughout my life. I committed my life to Christ as a teen in a small Baptist church […]
Superman’s Crisis of Identity
I remember my first and favorite toy well: Superman. […]
The Everyday Onslaught
Citizen: An American Lyric Claudia Rankine Graywolf Press, 160 pages By Carol Wild | December 2, 2015 Recently I read an article that challenged readers who are white to read only books written by authors of color. That led me to [...]
Review: Sabbath as Resistance
Walter Brueggemann is one of those rare authors who transcends reductive labels (liberal/conservative, mainline/evangelical) by paying attention to the Bible’s irreducible word. Like the prophets he passionately interprets in his dozens of books and hundreds of articles, Brueggemann is on […]
The Scene of Miracle Among Us
By Christina Tinglof “Wherever you turn your eyes the world shines like transfiguration. You don’t have to bring a thing to it but a little willingness to see. Only who could have the courage to see it?” The first time […]
Charles Pettee: The Psalms Are Folk Music
Charles Pettee: The Psalms Are Folk Music By Paul Koptak September 2015 After a Catholic school upbringing and an evangelical season in high school, Charles Pettee headed off to college thinking that too much of the faith he had [...]