Conversion

Norm Macdonald’s Spiritual Journey

Macdonald may have only been dabbling in Christianity, but his criticisms of the post-Christian world were often incisive. Continue Reading »

17 Sep 2021

The Cross and the Machine

by Paul Kingsnorth

We must have been fifteen or sixteen when we discovered the church visitor’s book. It was an old church, maybe medieval, and I would pass it with my school friends on our way to the town center. I’m not sure what possessed us to go in; it might have been my idea. I’ve always loved old . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2021

Woke Repentance

by Carl R. Trueman

Repentances that are oriented toward the world rather than God seem designed to enhance our status in the world rather than truly abase us before a holy God. Continue Reading »

25 Aug 2020

The Remarkable Experience of Stephen H. Bradley of the Power of the Holy Spirit on the Second Evening of November, 1829.

by Aaron Poochigian

After the wild revival in the naveI went home feeling stupid since the resthad got it. Why was I no good to save?My brain was grasping like an atheist: how can you know one climbed out of a tomband all the dead will wake as if they’d slept?“You back?” came probing from my brother’s room.I . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2019

Turning Sauls into Pauls

by Peter J. Leithart

The conversion of a former enemy demonstrates that Jesus can and does turn Sauls into Pauls. Continue Reading »

27 Sep 2019

Faith Amid Corruption

by R. R. Reno

The Catholic Church in the West is full of corruption—financial, sexual, and spiritual. We are forced to face this hard reality, not the least because the weak pontificate of Pope Francis offers so little of substance. The corruption that afflicts us does not arise from overpowering lusts. Our . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2019

An Unlikely Catholic Conversion

by Mark Bauerlein

Featuring Abigail Rine Favale on her new book, Into the Deep. Continue Reading »

21 Feb 2019

Grace

by Patricia Snow

On a hazy afternoon in late May 1986, I wait, as I wait every weekday afternoon in a parking lot in Branford, Connecticut, for my son to be dismissed from school. While I wait, I listen to Ceci, another mother new to the school, whose son is in my son’s class. She is telling me about her car. From . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2019