Midnight trains to Georgia
The Peach State prepares for a political frenzy as a pair of January runoffs determine the balance of the Senate—and the shape of the presidency
Visions of hope amid pandemic
The coronavirus challenged compassion-providing ministries in new ways
Tiny houses, big hearts
Chris Wilson runs the Dream Center to help people escape homelessness, but fighting client discouragement is a constant battle
Relearning how to live
Gilgal helps women leaving addiction and homelessness. But some leave before they’re ready, and staff members have to cope with disappointment
Overflow of love
The Overflow Café provides a place for Christians to build friendships and make disciples. But keeping the shop open is a struggle
Voices
Janie B. Cheaney
Election chaos ahead?
In 1876, the United States celebrated its centennial with parades, speeches, and an Exposition in Philadelphia, open to the world. But the general election that year was no cause for celebration. ...
Joel Belz
No middle of the road
Of all the criticisms President Trump has to live with, you don’t often hear him called a cowardly middle-of-the-roader. You may not like his position on any particular issue, but you probably know...
The Editors
Mailbag
Blowing in the wind ...
Andrée Seu Peterson
Back to normal?
"Return to normalcy” was Warren G. Harding’s 1920 presidential campaign slogan. And there was a lot to return to normalcy from. We had just been through not only World War I but also the flu pandemic...
Marvin Olasky
The path to civil war
In this column over the past three decades I’ve mentioned five times a novel of warning, José Gironella’s The Cypresses Believe in God. Sadly, it’s out of print: Since my last recommendation I’ve...
Mindy Belz
Burying the lead
Give it to the Washington press corps that it was a Friday afternoon heading into a holiday weekend when the Trump administration announced a foreign policy breakthrough. Standing in the Oval Office...
Notebook
Sports
Unions in the end zone?
Amid raging national upheaval over racial injustice this summer, college football players from across the Pac-12 Conference started a protest of their own. ...
History
Surviving Iwo Jima
Second in a series on war veterans ...
Health
Free care amid COVID-19
On an August afternoon in Harlingen, Dr. Stephen Robinson had sweated through the armpits of his blue scrubs by the time he said goodbye to his last patient of the day. ...
Culture
Movies & TV
Fresh folklore in Mulan
It would be impossible to adapt the ancient folk tale of Hua Mulan without a requisite amount of girl power. But Disney’s stunning live-action retelling of a woman who disguises herself as a man to...
Movies & TV
A maturing monarch in The Crown
The third season of Netflix’s The Crown attempts the impossible: changing the entire cast viewers had grown to love from the first two seasons. At first it’s jolting to see Queen Elizabeth as depicted...
Music
From kitchen to bar
Kitchen Covers: The Collection by Drew Holcomb featuring Ellie Holcomb: The cover art and title say it all: The Holcombs in their kitchen with little more than an acoustic guitar, their voices, and 16...
Music
Affirmative reminders
Lest young readers misunderstand, the term “progressive rock” does not refer to music made in support of Antifa or Black Lives Matter. ...
Movies & TV
Transplant isn’t a typical ER drama
Deftly skewering a shish kebab and cleaving a chicken are the first hints that one man is more than a short-order cook. When a truck slams through a restaurant’s plate-glass windows, the cook, despite...
Q&A
Marriage’s fragile future
Mark Regnerus graduated from Trinity Christian College in 1993 and gained his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina in 2000. He is now a courageous sociology professor at the University of Texas...
Movies & TV
Bill & Ted play their encore
It’s been more than 30 years since the two-man band Wyld Stallyns, better known as Bill and Ted, graced the big screen. If you’re a child of the 1990s (or if you had children in the ‘90s) there’s a...
Children's Books
Times past
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink: Fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series will also enjoy Carol Ryrie Brink’s story about the Woodlawn family, pioneers living in Wisconsin in the 1860s....
Movies & TV
Tenet’s unsound track
Cinephiles familiar with the work of Christopher Nolan know the writer-director has a burden for brain-bogglers. It took a second viewing of his 2010 film Inception—winner of four Oscars, including...
Books
Against the odds
The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown by Julia Flynn Siler: Prostitution was legal and rampant in San Francisco in the 19th century. Criminals bought...
Books
Tearing down, building up
John Bolton has served in each of the last Republican administrations, so his The Room Where It Happened (Simon & Schuster, 2020) provides valuable insights, even though he did bite the hand that...
