Surviving Hillcrest Letta Cartlidge created a group for missionary kids who’d attended her boarding school in Jos, Nigeria. The stories of abuse poured in.

Worshiping at the church of Taylor The goodness of a Taylor Swift show points to our need for a deeper goodness.

Is Sinéad O’Connor a secular saint? A new documentary positions the fiery iconoclast as a prophet ahead of her time.

The work of a prayer shawl is to love the weight it holds, the blue yarns heavy with the ache of shoulders, of cold like winter rain, the gray yarns grave as tears. A voice struggles to rise from the ...

A sanctuary for banned stories When truth is being cast as lies, the sacred work of storytelling is urgent.

When Superman deconstructs Many have criticized the new film’s twist on its hero’s origin story. I found it powerfully resonant.

Now, at age 81, Simon is an old man dreaming dreams—quite literally—and turning those dreams into art of the highest order. On January 15, 2019, as he tells the story, Simon had a dream in which he ...

Deconstructed, reimagined faith Five ways I see a new generation reorienting its Christianity ...

Why aren’t people coming back? A letter to pastors and churchgoers who wonder what happened to the prepandemic church they knew.

Mushrooms at the table? People have long tried to trace a connection between the early church’s eucharistic practice and psychedelic substances. Scholars aren’t convinced.

Is the Reformation over? Yes and no. Until Christians can all share the Lord’s Supper, the rift continues. But there is no denying how massively the ground has shifted ...

Authoritarian governments thrive on the people’s unquestioning obedience, and uncritical patriotism usually follows.