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"Students don't have time for electives. Rather than change the curriculum, we embedded a discussion of religion and science in the classes they already take."

How can a Christian college build community amid diversity? Some tend toward relativism, others toward fundamentalism. SPU seeks a third way.

Schools rely on tuition and are reluctant to turn students away. But if debt keeps students from following their call, schools will have failed at their mission.

From 1925 till the war broke out, it is nearly impossible to find a period when Bonhoeffer was not working with children or teens.

When the congregation starts reciting the creed, I do one of two things: argue with it in my head, or zone out and stop listening.

My dad's descent into depression

"Why you even invite us to any of this," asked Richard, "if you’re just gonna humiliate us and throw us out?"

Buildings and grounds can be leveraged to support a church’s mission—and to extend its presence in the community.

Calling my wife and me “special” suggests that there is an alternative—that it would have been acceptable to refuse to receive our child.

“Two things about my own life became clear: I really did understand both sides, and I didn’t understand them at all.”

There are many people with whom I have not had an affair. Billions. There is also one man in particular.

In Iraq, my perception of good and evil began to erode. What I lost was a world that made moral sense.

Each day in the U.S., nine churches close their doors for good. This isn’t news—but it’s hard to talk about when it’s your church.

Will Campbell once held a funeral for a town. This odd act showed how the practices of death and dying aren’t just for individuals.

We had not one but two baptisms the other day. What absorbed me most was the way the little kids edged toward the event like wasps to a picnic.

The story goes that God got a body. I’ve often pondered the relationship between incarnation and pain.

I don’t know what a perfect first-century family looked like, but I’m certain that Joseph and Mary didn’t qualify.

We had not one but two baptisms the other day. What absorbed me most was the way the little kids edged toward the event like wasps to a picnic.

“Truth is in constant transit. The difference between a liberal and a conservative, I think, is the stomach you have for the journey.”

I was taught that my labors as a minister don’t count for my own spiritual life. Realizing that this is untrue has brought me great relief and joy.