Gary Haugen on the pervasiveness of violence in the lives of the poor – and what it takes to stop it.

Flannery O'Connor on religious belief in the life of a writer.

What I learned from Selma and the autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Francis Spufford on the scandal of the gospel.

Richard Rodriguez on the sad irony of the Mexican-American border.

Oliver O’Donovan on an overlooked distinction.

Highlighting a series of events with James K.A. Smith in Phoenix.

Someday all will be well, but that day is not yet here.

Lesslie Newbigin on the paradox of following Jesus.

Bob Dylan’s one-man vaudeville act.

“It is not physical beauty nor temporal glory nor the brightness of light dear to earthly eyes…”

Thoughts on N.T. Wright’s For All God’s Worth.

My review of Called, the new book by Fuller Seminary president Mark Labberton.

A passage from the Confessions of St. Augustine.

Lesslie Newbigin on the reciprocal nature of words and deeds.

Abraham Kuyper on art's relationship to the good, the true, and the beautiful.

Jayakumar Christian on poverty, power, and the kingdom of God.

Baseball historian John Thorn on the roots of our national pastime.

An anecdotal consideration of how cities are shaped over time.

Might Christians be something more than an interest group?