Branding Jesus

By Kelly Wilson Church attendance is in decline. This has given birth to many articles and think pieces exploring why churches are shrinking, and has prompted many churches to increase their efforts at evang... Read More...

For Such a Time as This

Esther 3:1-5:8 By Hannah Matis If thrillers, even when unrealistic, give you a sense of what people are afraid of in contemporary society, romance novels can be surprisingly effective barometers of hope. Precisely because all genre fiction relies, to some ... Read More...

Called to Be Countercultural?

By Charlie Clauss With the Baby Boomer generation aging, it is a good time to consider the ideas behind counterculturalism. A term coined in 1960, it has had staying power as a description of critical moveme... Read More...

In But Not Of the World of Fashion

Fashion Theology By Robert Covolo Baylor, pp. 216, $39.99 Review by Travis J. Bott  Robert Covolo’s Fashion Theology begins with two epigraphs. The first comes from the French philosopher Yves Michaud: ... Read More...

Not Ashamed at the Gates

By Sam Keyes   Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, * even so are the young children. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; * they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. — Psalm 127:5-6 It’s not... Read More...

A Thicker Constellation of Vocation

By John Sundara It’s become commonplace to talk about vocation. In many ordination processes, the discerner is expected to articulate their vocation to the priesthood. Many college ministries help graduating... Read More...