Stealing from Baby Jesus

Once upon a time, I dreamed about a wife, a dog, and an SUV parked beside a white picket fence. Now, I’m 26 and living in a homeless shelter. Just like any fairy tale you drag into real life, I’m living unhappily ever after.

Rediscovering “Passion and Purity”

As I picked up Elisabeth Elliot’s classic book for the third time in as many decades, I wondered: Does it still have something important to say to me — a single woman in her 30s?

Your Extraordinary Purpose in an Ordinary Life

If money and success isn’t your purpose, then what is? Why are you living your life the way you are?

Surviving a Crisis of Faith

A crisis of faith can occur for many reasons. Here are three ways to address spiritual doubts and move toward deeper faith.

When a Pastor Like Josh Harris Abandons Christianity

Many who learned from and looked up to Josh Harris spiritually are asking: Is this real? Is it even possible? And if so, what are we to make of this massive shift?

How to Live an Out-of-Control Life

There’s nothing quite like plans gone awry or dreams unrealized to remind us that we aren’t ultimately in control — and we never have been.

What Child Is This?

All Allie had ever wanted was a family of her own. Working the Christmas Eve shift in the hospital’s ER was light years away from her long-cherished dream. Or was it?

Grace for My Worst Day (Part 2)

I was living a lie. Surely, it was only a matter of time before I’d pay for what I’d done.

Biblicism

After a five-day forum on the Christian voice in intellectual life, Theophilus critiques biblicists for not taking the Bible seriously enough.