Learning how to respond to life’s many invitations

We always want more.

How to practice hope during the happiest season of the Christian year.

Why this simple reminder is necessary right now. A review of Phillip Cary's 'Good News for Anxious Christians.'

We can grab hold of joy in this life, not just in heaven, says theologian Ellen Charry. A review of 'God and the Art of Happiness.'

Addiction is the spiritual disease of our time.

Why Jesus commands us to be thankful.

Gratitude is also the one we are most likely to sabotage.

Why recent headlines on marriage don't do the new Pew survey justice.

Bill McKibben believes we can thrive on a planet that will never be the same. A review of 'Eaarth.'

Why exactly do we want to make a difference in the world?

Urban, suburban, and rural churches respond to new challenges in a less mobile era.

View from the Pew survey shows commitment to debt management, tithing

Jon Tyson describes the story of American culture as "the pursuit of happiness by getting more through comfort." How can this story be transformed by the gospel?

Even more importantly: Why do you want to know?

Leaders should share the good news about the church by noticing, naming, and nurturing those whom God uses to produce good fruit.

What we prize, we eventually resemble—in unintended ways.

How to think about the inverse trend of women's rights and women's happiness.