“In seven days, God created the world. And in seven seconds, I shattered mine.” […]
Arts & Culture
Review: Between the World and Me
When Ta-Nehisi Coates’s book Between the World and Me was released last summer, it arrived against a backdrop of heightening racial unease. […]
Review: The Abbey
At twenty years old I found myself seated at the back of a Roman Catholic cathedral in Mexico feeling confused and amazed. […]
Review: Bottled: A Mom’s Guide to Early Recovery
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. […]
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 [...]