Arts & Culture

Freedom to Ask

Jia Jiang walked into a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop seeking rejection. With video cameras rolling, he approached the counter and asked for Olympic doughnuts—five interlinked doughnuts decorated like the Olympic rings symbol. […]

A Forgotten history

A new $23 million bicycle bridge is being built in our church’s neighborhood of Bronzeville in Chicago two blocks from an elementary school. […]

Theology of the Undead

IVP’s new release The Zombie Gospel is likely to surprise (and possibly offend) many readers with its title alone. […]

Finding Ourselves

Recently I celebrated my twentieth anniversary of living in the United States, a date I anticipated with significant feelings. […]

Radical Generosity

The idea of gratitude journals used to make me a bit skeptical. If you have to make yourself write down what you’re thankful for, do you really feel grateful?
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Your Joy Is Sorrow Unmasked

It’s been more than a decade since I first discovered The Prophet written by Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran and published in 1923. […]

Is Your Cross Too Small?

The cross has always been a problem. One does not expect, to say the least, one’s Messiah to be crucified! […]

Four Seasons

Amid the uncertainties of the stages of life, we can find seeds for growth and a deepening understanding of God’s provision. […]

A Place to Call Home

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City is arguably one of the most important books published in 2016. […]