As the first anniversary of the 2015 church massacre neared, public shows of support masked private tensions. But cracks were appearing in the city’s segregated silos.

As I approach this season of pilgrimage, Scripture offers me a theology of travel.

Holiness is a hard challenge. The key is surrender, not striving.

I want my children to know how to work hard. I also want them to know that hard work doesn’t define them.

Loving across our differences requires the power of paradox.

We didn't accomplish everything we should have. God reminds us we didn't need to.

Effective apologetics today requires a genuine missionary encounter.

The kingdom was central to Jesus’ teaching, but it can be divisive for his followers.

I wanted nothing to do with faith. That changed the night I tried to take my own life.

The prophets launch their words into the future. Where do they land?

When I found out about my daughter's condition, I felt the destruction of my plans and hopes. But this place of limitation also revealed God’s profound love.

On the first day of Lent, I’m reminded of a love that “alters not” and “bears it out even to the edge of doom.”

People who claim Christianity but lack gospel awareness present a unique evangelistic challenge.

In the face of illness, death, and disability, Lamentations gives me a script for how to suffer.

When we don't confront sin, in others and in ourselves, we commit spiritual malpractice.

We won’t achieve perfect unanimity on every contested topic.

He came to divide sons from their fathers and daughters from their mothers—not to promote “family values.”

We’re not awaiting a helpless baby, but a righteous and powerful judge.

We're familiar with the idea of culture shock, but we often overlook the impact of culture stress.