The central thesis of Braving the Wilderness, poignantly illustrated by the author through her own personal stories and a series of curated thoughts from notable guests, is that belonging is something that cannot be found among others but must be cultivated from within. […]
Arts & Culture
Expressions: The Crown of Christmas
Rough lines outline a humble stable scene where the birth of Christ is celebrated by lowly oxen and sheep. […]
Freedom to Ask
Jia Jiang walked into a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop seeking rejection. With video cameras rolling, he approached the counter and asked for Olympic doughnuts—five interlinked doughnuts decorated like the Olympic rings symbol. […]
A Forgotten history
A new $23 million bicycle bridge is being built in our church’s neighborhood of Bronzeville in Chicago two blocks from an elementary school. […]
Theology of the Undead
IVP’s new release The Zombie Gospel is likely to surprise (and possibly offend) many readers with its title alone. […]
Finding Ourselves
Recently I celebrated my twentieth anniversary of living in the United States, a date I anticipated with significant feelings. […]
Radical Generosity
The idea of gratitude journals used to make me a bit skeptical. If you have to make yourself write down what you’re thankful for, do you really feel grateful?
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Your Joy Is Sorrow Unmasked
It’s been more than a decade since I first discovered The Prophet written by Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran and published in 1923. […]
Is Your Cross Too Small?
The cross has always been a problem. One does not expect, to say the least, one’s Messiah to be crucified! […]
Four Seasons
Amid the uncertainties of the stages of life, we can find seeds for growth and a deepening understanding of God’s provision. […]
Faith in the Ruins
Whenever people ask me for a book recommendation, I list off a few of the classics I love—Steinbeck’s East of Eden or David James Duncan’s The Brothers K—and then the following interchange almost invariably occurs: […]
A Place to Call Home
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City is arguably one of the most important books published in 2016. […]