Culture • Christianity & Culture Family Ties and the Gift of Belonging Erin Rodewald | 10 min read Who knew spitting into a plastic tube would become such a popular pastime? Not to mention lucrative. The direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing market — think 23andMe or AncestryDNA — has... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Gods and Gangsters Heidi Wong | 6 min read Not Suitable for Family Time! The Crown has been thrilling — watching (sometimes fictionalized) tensions behind closed doors at Buckingham Palace — but a different Netflix account of “royalty” at... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture Love In the Ruins Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read Love in the ruins—and to be honest, we don’t get better than that. One more window into this reality is the recent essay in the NY Times, “A Conversation With... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture The Delight of Reading Rediscovered Erin Rodewald | 12 min read Americans have a reading problem. For starters, fewer of us can be found with our noses in a book these days. According to a recent Gallup poll, book readership is... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations A New Temperance Movement Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 8 min read Will it be any better the next time? For several years, the trifecta of COVID, an election, and race tore churches apart. What was obviously missing was that pesky fellow... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture On “The Banshees of Inisherin” Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read Windswept. Having felt the Atlantic Ocean winds across my face, enamored by the coastline of Ireland, breathing deeply of its bracing air all day long, I know that those who... Continue Reading