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A transgender child in fiction
Beautifully honest, this novel blurs the line between fiction and reality.
How evil wins, and how to beat it
We need to study peace a lot harder than those who are studying war.
Women who do things
The story of Esther Wheelwright and the communities of women and girls who surrounded her
April 16, Resurrection of the Lord
At grief’s mercy, Mary stays at the site of her loss.
Ministry after communal trauma
In the wake of violence, pastors have to lead people out of hell. Jesus has been there.
What makes a family?
We tend to think biology matters, and matters very much—except when we don’t.
Does teaching submission encourage abuse?
Princeton Seminary is giving an award to Tim Keller, one of the loudest, most read, and most adhered-to proponents of male headship in the home.
Hamilton is so much bigger than Hamilton
Being in the audience felt like a communal experience, almost a liturgical one.
Who decides what my body means?
The next Reformation is about interpretation, but not of a book.
"Tell the judge he wasn't lying"
After Moises was killed, his brother asked us to write to the American official who denied his asylum claim.
What is forgiveness, and is it good?
“In the wrong hands, forgiveness can become a kind of tyranny.”
When theology fails
After Ruth Everhart was raped, she had to rebuild her beliefs about God’s will.
The grace of real and virtual presence
Theologian Deanna Thompson used to criticize the pervasive technological creep overtaking our lives. Then she was diagnosed with cancer.
Good church, bad church
When our evangelism focuses on apologies instead of God’s grace, we're burying the lede.