We’re marked most deeply by the myriad others we encounter at closer range: those people, voices, and experiences that shape who we come to be

To this point in Scripture’s story, God speaks and God does things. But, here for the first time, God actually says what God is like.

We associate hospitality with the stuffy dinner party served with the silverware that rarely leaves its cabinet in the dining room.

Because the story of Jesus has become part of the cultural-holiday furniture, many don’t take Jesus any more seriously than Frosty or Rudolf.

The Tokyo-based cultural historian W. David Marx recently published a new book titled Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century. In it, he

It being the week before Halloween, I decided I’d find a copy of Frankenstein and give it a try. What I experienced was not some

Faith & Formation This year, I’ve started adjunct-teaching a class at Palm Beach Atlantic University, here in West Palm Beach, called Christian Faith & Formation.

This piece is excerpted and adapted from Jared Ayers’ forthcoming book, You Can Trust A God With Scars, available from NavPress on September 9.