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Unclench Your Fist

September 17, 2024

Instead of white-knuckling our way through life in a pluralistic, rapidly changing society, Christians should learn from Augustine’s openhanded discipleship.

A Vision for Repair

We don’t fix things anymore—relationships, democracies, or socks. That’s a problem.

Making Space for ‘Yearners’

Some in our churches live in the borderlands between committed faith and disbelief.

Calling Is More Than Your Job

We often conflate our vocation with God’s purpose for our lives. Is that biblical?

Against the Culture of Demonization

The problem is not when the Christian is in the conflict—it’s when the conflict is in the Christian.

Worship Together or Bowl Alone

There’s already a local institution that meets our moment’s many social needs. It’s called church.

China’s New Adoption Policy Leaves Children in the Balance

Suspending international adoptions hurts children who already have waiting families.

Joseph and the Unintended Authoritarian Politics

His economic policies were later used by Pharoah to oppress the Hebrews in Exodus. What can this teach us about politics today?

The Acceptance Stage of Lost Evangelical Influence

Five pathways toward breaking the cycle of political outrage, depression, and lament without settling for passivity.

How to Talk About God and Politics in Polarized Times

My work in conflict management helped me develop an effective way to navigate sensitive topics. Here’s what I found.

Public School Can Be a Training Ground for Faith

My daughter will wrestle with worldliness in her education, just as I did. That’s why I want to be around to help.

How to Find Common Ground When You Disagree About the Common Good

Interfaith engagement that doesn’t devolve into a soupy multiculturalism is difficult—and necessary in our diverse democracy.

Triumphalism After Dobbs Was a Mistake

The pro-life movement has forgotten its roots. We need to get back to basics.

Kristyn Getty: Joni Eareckson Tada Got Me Singing

As the famed disability advocate nears 50 years of ministry, a friend reflects on her legacy.

The World Says Accelerate. The Church Says Abide.

Prayer, fasting, and reading Scripture in community make our days more spacious.

Our Perennial Political Temptation

Reckoning with a half-century of American evangelicals’ pursuit of a “seat at the table.”

Kamala Harris Against History

The candidate’s “unburdened by what has been” and “coconut tree” lines push her party toward a troubling partisan divide over the past itself.

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