But yes!

ONE OF MY favorite moments in a soccer game comes with the corner kick. Look closely, and you’ll see all the defenders backing into the position…

Sticking to your words

I SPENT A lot of my childhood avoiding any kind of conflict, as far as possible. That made journalism something of an unlikely career choice—after all,…

Faith in the shadows

A QUIET HERO stepped out of the New Testament shadows this week, giving me a glimpse of steadfast love. It came in the familiar account of…

Wines, not vines

A CHRISTIAN magazine publisher I knew once grumbled that his staff must be doing a bad job because circulation wasn’t rising and “healthy things grow.” Well,…

Why bad news is good for us

AS PEOPLE WHOSE foundational reading is full of accounts of brutality, barbarity, and depravity, some Christians can be very squeamish when it comes to the news.…