Culture

A friend’s request for a rent check called my dual loyalties into question.

But there’s more to “Wake Up, Dead Man” than his condemnatory monologue.

In “Wicked: For Good,” the citizens of Oz would rather scapegoat someone else than reckon with their own moral failings.

A Christian anthropologist explains why we should talk about hard things and how to do it.

Abraham Lincoln’s words to a divided nation still ring true today.

After his final tour, independent musician John Mark McMillan is backing out of the algorithm rat race but still chasing transcendence.

The swordfights and staring lovers start to feel like padding. Then, all at once, the show speeds up.‌

“The Carpenter’s Son,” starring Nicolas Cage, is disconnected from biblical hope.

Jen Hatmaker’s trajectory illustrates the fraught world of spiritual influencerhood and the disappearance of the messy middle.

The new film asks how the Holocaust happened: and whether it could happen again.

The Guillermo del Toro adaptation brings unique perspective—but fails to match the depth of its source material.

The YouTube mockumentary works best when it pulls laughs directly from Exodus.

Advent makes room for us so we can make room for Christ.

The original play is a paean to male friendship, uninterrupted conversation, and, of course, the pub.

Celebrate anyway.

A photo essay highlights thousands of pilgrims observing Christmas in the quiet highland town of Lalibela.