Richard Mouw: Civility declines when we stop eating together
When I witness the TV talking heads shouting at each other, I wonder what their mealtimes were like when they were young.
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Jason Byassee: Exacting creativity across cultures
The award-winning live short film “Kavi” teaches us how to create.
Faith on the Avenue
Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia cuts through a diverse swath of the city’s neighborhoods. An ongoing study of the congregations along this historic, eight-and-a-half-mile stretch of road examines the role of religious communities in urban life.
John Schmalzbauer: A haven for independent bookstores
The Mennonite hub of Newton, Kansas, bristles with religious booksellers at a time when they’re going out of fashion elsewhere.
Penny Edgell: The prescient Ms. Palin
The uproar over Palin’s claim of the label “feminism” reminds us that people want space in their faith communities to talk about gender, marriage and family.
Anthony B. Robinson: Lessons from GM's failure. And scripture.
Paul Ingrassia’s new book shows us what we should already have known. And models how to write plainly.
Nick Liao: Hauerwas names friends (and enemies) by name
Piling up Facebook friends seems ridiculous. But “Hannah’s Child” shows that Christians can’t have too many friends.
Robin Jensen: Leaders as sheepdogs
For a scholar of patristic art, learning to see is not just a matter of appreciation from a distance. It’s a matter of the innate human desire to see God.
Who are you without Google?
Texts have the power to change lives. But only if the reader is willing to spend time with them, writes Timothy Larsen.
Michael Emerson: Time for Immigration Reform
Christian leaders of all stripes can band together and insist on humane immigration policy.