Visions of hope amid pandemic
The coronavirus challenged compassion-providing ministries in new ways
Visions of hope amid pandemic
The coronavirus challenged compassion-providing ministries in new ways
Falling back with looks at the past
Fall Books: Twenty-five history books and biographies in a trying year
Calling on a fighter to fight
Most pro-lifers are enthusiastic about President Donald Trump’s record on abortion, but some say he could be—and should be—doing more
When disaster relief workers need reinforcements
The coronavirus pandemic has slashed the number of volunteers for relief groups juggling coast-to-coast disasters
Voices
Andrée Seu Peterson
Nothing
My father gave me my first tip on writing. His own writing was limited to the jotting of room measurements for the installation of carpets and linoleum. While all he did was run a furniture store, I,...
Janie B. Cheaney
A pervasive theory with no moral core
I read about it two years ago on The College Fix. An academic article called “Human reactions to rape culture and queer performativity at urban dog parks in Portland, Oregon” had been published...
Joel Belz
United we spend
I finally found some “common ground.” Not quite what I was looking for, but as best I can tell, it’s an issue where Republicans and Democrats seem to have virtual agreement. ...
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 ...
Notebook
Lifestyle
Lives in sync
17TH IN A SERIES ON LONG MARRIAGES ...
Education
Another shot for college students
When students at Dordt University, a Christian liberal arts school in Iowa, read the school’s COVID-19 behavior agreement this year, they found standard precautions: mask-wearing, hand-washing, social...
Medicine
Will herd immunity end the coronavirus?
In the COVID-19 debates, one topic manages simultaneously to be the most and least controversial: “herd immunity.” The concept of herd immunity is uncontroversial, and simply states that when enough...
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 ...
Journals
Snapshots of China
The disappearing China correspondents
On Monday, the last two credentialed Australian journalists in China boarded a flight to Sydney after a five-day diplomatic standoff. The expulsion occurred as relations between Australia and China...
Metro Minute
Death on the streets and on the screen
A New York moment: Late last week I was on a corner in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, where a man had just been shot and killed. Someone had washed the man’s trail of blood off the sidewalk. The...
Sophia's World
“Become like little children”
About two months ago, I interviewed a 55-year-old single woman who pastors a church in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Mexico. My interview with her didn’t make it into a story, but my...
Dean's List
Protester disputes Metaxas account of RNC altercation
UPDATED Thursday, Sept. 3: A man identifying himself as the protester in a video circulating on social media disputes Eric Metaxas’ account of an altercation on the streets of...
Snapshots of China
A food crisis in China?
Outside the popular Hunan chain Chuiyan Fried Beef in Changsha, restaurant owners set up two scales and asked patrons to weigh themselves before entering. After entering their weight and personal...
Sophia's World
Justice that restores
On a recent Saturday, I didn’t speak to my husband for a whole day. Something had happened that triggered memories from our first year of dating, fanning a dusty cloud of hurts and wounds that I had...
Culture
Books
Spiritual guidance in a confusing world
You’re Not Enough (And That’s Okay) by Allie Beth Stuckey: Sometimes worldly lies can sneak into churches and books labeled Christian. Stuckey takes on five common lies women hear, including “You are...
Books
Are you a racist?
White Too Long by Robert P. Jones (Simon & Schuster, 2020) was No. 3 among Amazon’s “history of Christianity” books on Sept. 6. That’s both good and bad news: Jones provides useful information on...
Children's Books
Voices of the past
Saving the Countryside by Linda Elovitz Marshall: In this book, Marshall chronicles the experiences that shaped Beatrix Potter into the artist and author best known for her beloved books about Peter...
Movies & TV
Wax on, wax off ... again
It’s a Cinderella story worthy of any cheesy sports movie. A few years ago, YouTube made a late, halfhearted attempt to enter the streaming game. Most of its scripted series were flops. But it gambled...
Arts
A symbolic makeover
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences suffered embarrassment in 2015 when critics pointed to a lack of diversity in film nominations and #OscarsSoWhite started trending on social media....
Dispatches
Human Race
Disasters strike
Flooded and burned ...
Quick Takes
Quick Takes
Lost and found ...
Quotables
Quotables
“These battles are going to rage no matter what the Supreme Court decides to do.” ...
Quick Takes
Quick Takes
Cleanup on aisle 1 ...
Quotables
Quotables
“We indiscriminately shot at everybody. We shot the Muslim men in the foreheads and kicked the bodies into the hole.” ...
Human Race
Man knows not his time
Died ...