Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Atheist’s Imagination
Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker wonders where God was in the Florida shootings. That’s what he said last week…
That Other Side of Jesus
Christians around the world have recently begun one of the most important seasons in the liturgical calendar:…
A Good and Faithful Servant
During his last “crusade,” held in New York City in 2005, Billy Graham, America’s great pastor-evangelist, declared:…
The Unveiling of Jesus Christ
Apocalypse” is the first word of the last book of the Christian Bible. It means “unveiling,” “disclosure,”…
The Legacy of Billy Graham
Billy Graham, who died Wednesday at age 99, may have addressed more people face-to-face than anyone else in…
Conscience and Grace: A Lenten Meditation
The scriptures of Lent in the Church’s daily liturgy invite two related reflections. The weeks immediately preceding…
When I Met Christ
They had taken my watch, so I don’t know what time it was when I began to…
Brexit and Enlightenment Man
Scene: the carriage of a London underground train. It is past midnight. The pubs have closed, the parties…
When Is a Lutheran Not a Lutheran?
Last Sunday, a New Jersey Lutheran church celebrated the transition of its pastor from womanhood to manhood.…
The Impossibility of “Alt-Right Christianity”
I am not anti-Christian. I’m a Lutheran,” says Hunter Wallace, an alt-right blogger cited in Matthew Rose’s…
How We Normalized Trump
Books could be (and have been) written on the theme of Donald Trump as immoral and demagogic.…
Pork Roll, Lent, and Catholic Identity
A few weeks before Ash Wednesday, an Associated Press squib with Lenten implications appeared in the Washington…
Lenten Fasting Biohacks
Would you like your repentance to yield some return on investment this Lent? Perhaps in the form…
The Vatican’s China Whitewash
Like many others, I received with skepticism the news of a possible deal to resolve the long-standing…
Men Without Conviction, Churches Without People
Europe’s wholesale abandonment of its Christian faith is often explained as the inevitable by-product of modern social,…
