The first Christians had very specific ideas about who they would meet in the afterlife.

Seriously ill in the days of the Black Plague, poet John Donne still celebrated God's goodness

Persecution brought out the best and worst in the early Christians.

CH editors answer your questions

Olympians have something to teach us about this cardinal virtue.

Imagine swords turned into plowshares, and soldiers into soccer players.

Why the doctrine of original sin is 'curiously liberating.'

Why virtue trumps policy.

French president's plan shows promise but carries a potential problem.

Optimism is the one responsibility no leader should delegate.

Bringing hope is one responsibility no leader should delegate.

Discovering where hope begins in a village in Mozambique.

The culture war's biggest casualties may be Christian joy and hope.

Quotations to stir heart and mind.