How did a young man with no apparent power become a hero of the faith? A new biography explains.

House of Cards, my kids, and a Tedx talk all got me thinking about the nature of friendship

Images of Jesus are everywhere, under 45 tons of rubble and on pieces of toast. New research tells why.

How seasons of financial uncertainty can teach us about true abundance.

What happened the second time he flooded my life.

And what their understanding taught us in return.

Challenging ourselves to embrace the sense of fun infused in this world.

How giving birth made my broken body strong and beautiful. A guest post by Ellen Painter Dollar

Be careful what you pray for, warns a constitutional law scholar.

I thought I was a mature adult, and then I had a baby

How he taught me the deeper meaning of mercy.

They're broken and messy. But God is remaking them in his holy image.

Ronald Osborn launches an assault on overly literal understandings of the creation story.

The mother of a child with Down syndrome joins her daughter’s rebellion against hurried living. A guest post by Elisa Fryling Stanford

A writer’s struggle with "quiet time."

Tim Muehlhoff discusses the art of civil, Christlike conversation.

What memoir-writing has to do with Christian faith

A historian explores the sappier side of evangelical life.

It's not a travel guide. And Colton Burpo isn't the first Christian to have an ecstatic experience.