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August 2019

14: Making Nothing of Evil, and Everything of God: A Review of That All Shall Be Saved, Part 2 (0)
13: Making Nothing of Evil, and Everything of God: A Review of That All Shall Be Saved, Part 1 (0)
08: Widening the Dialogue of Classic Christianity: A Review of A Pastoral Rule for Today (0)
06: Pastorhood and the Scandalous Gospel (1)
01: Defending the Marital Sphere: A Review of Church, State, and Family (0)

July 2019

June 2019

May 2019

31: Movie Review: John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum (0)
30: The Christ-Haunted Midwest: A Review of Interior States (0)
28: The Third Thing (0)
23: My Grandfather’s Hands: A Review of Heartland (0)
21: Introducing the Planetary Health Diet (0)
16: Confessions of a Secret Gnostic: Part Two (0)
14: Confessions of a Secret Gnostic: Part One (0)
09: Why the Words We Use to Describe Faith Matter: A Review of Learning to Speak God from Scratch (0)
07: Finding Focus (0)
02: Fiction and Human Frailty: A Review of Prophets of the Posthuman (0)

April 2019

30: More Than Work (2)
27: Making Peace with a God of Vengeance (2)
26: Putting Grace back in the Doctrines: A Review of Humble Calvinism (1)
22: Watering Hope (0)
19: God Is Still Rolling Stones—Do You Believe? (1)
18: No Room for Apathy: A Review of Executing Grace (2)
16: Only from God (1)
12: Netflix Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (0)
09: When Life’s Too Much: A Review of More Than You Can Handle (0)
02: Comfort in the Canons: A Review of Saving the Reformation (1)

March 2019

30: Fixing Metric Fixation: A Review of The Tyranny of Metrics (0)
28: What the Numbers Tell Us (0)
26: Data and Metrics: Do We Need Them? What Can They Tell Us? What Can’t They? (1)
21: Missionary Boot Camp (0)
19: Beyond Hero Stories (1)
14: The Arrogance of Ethnonationalism: A Review of The Virtue of Nationalism (0)
12: Reimagining the Discussion and Expression of Masculinity (1)
09: A Guide to Digital Decluttering: A Review of Digital Minimalism (0)
07: Giveaway (0)
05: Finding Lent in Children’s Books (0)

February 2019

28: Hospitality in Higher Education: Is There Room for All? (0)
27: The Walls Within Our Classrooms (0)
26: The Birth and Progression of the Black Lives Matter Movement: A Review of On the Other Side of Freedom (2)
22: Movie Review: Green Book (1)
21: All That Has Breath (0)
19: The Bridge Between Beauty and Functionality (0)
14: Finding Purpose in the Clutter: A Review of The Minimalist Home (0)
13: A New Asceticism: Who Defines Excess? (0)
12: A New Asceticism: Learning to be Grateful (0)
08: Movie Review: Roma (2)
05: Seeing the Faces of Opioid Addiction (0)

January 2019

31: Longing for Spring: Songs of Lament (0)
29: Growing Where You Are Planted: A Review of Them (0)
24: A New Social Pietism (1)
22: Our Source of Strength: A Review of The Color of Compromise (1)
21: Martin Luther King and the Spirit of Pan-Africanism (0)
18: Netflix Review: “Bandersnatch” (0)
16: Part Two: Journalism as a Sharing of Stories (1)
15: Part One: Reforming Journalism (1)
11: Movie Review: Welcome to Marwen (0)
10: Praying and Acting Through Persecution: A Review of Under Caesar’s Sword (0)
08: A Botanist’s Take on the Fruits of the Spirit (3)
03: New Year, New You? Unpacking the Liturgy of the New Year’s Resolution (0)

December 2018

27: The Top 10 iAt Articles for 2018 (0)
24: Advent Love: The Advent of #MeToo (0)
22: Top Books 2018 (0)
20: Christmas Songs: Why That Tune? (0)
18: Advent Joy: The Joy of the Incarnation is in Tents (1)
13: Top Podcasts 2018 (0)
11: Advent Peace: The Time Between Time (1)
08: Advent Traditions: What Are We Waiting For? (0)
06: Tradition! (0)
04: Advent Hope: Disculpa os pido, no os reconocía (0)

November 2018

October 2018

29: Visual Art: Cultivating Christian Viewers (2)
27: Friendship and the Power of Holiness (1)
26: Focus on Friendship: A Review of “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” (3)
25: Gender Dynamics (0)
23: Sexual Abuse in the Church (12)
18: Big Oil and Climate Change Denial (1)
17: Not Masters but Stewards of the Earth (1)
16: Seared and Bleared, Smudged and Smelly (6)
13: Hiraeth (5)
11: Compass Plant Leaves and Apparent Randomness (1)
09: The Limbic System and Christian Sanctification (0)
05: Movie Review “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” (0)
04: Fostering Cultural Inclusivity in our Church Music (0)
02: “Salsafication” and the Problem of Racial Essentialism in Congregational Life (0)

September 2018

August 2018

30: How Does Worship Shape Us? (0)
28: Public Worship and the Shape of Discipleship (0)
24: The Light of Motherhood: A Review of “Birthing Hope” (0)
23: Fear is a Liar (0)
21: Facing Our Fears (0)
16: Weathering Storms in Marriage (4)
15: Mere Is Always a Dangerous Word: A Review of “Mere Sexuality” Part Two (3)
14: Mere Is Always a Dangerous Word: A Review of “Mere Sexuality” Part One (0)
09: Telling Truthful Narratives: A Review of “Migrants and Citizens” (1)
07: Establishing Diverse Relationships through Story (0)
03: No Place to Hide: A Review of “The Line Becomes a River” (0)
02: Our Calling of Empathy and Love for Migrant Children (1)

July 2018

31: Fighting for Dignity in Undignified Times (1)
28: Why Should the U.S. Have Paid Family Leave? (1)
27: Patient Endurance as Christian Political Witness: A Review of “Why Liberalism Failed” (0)
26: Children of God Living in a Groaning Creation (0)
24: The Price of Gopher Wood (0)
17: Movie Review “First Reformed” (0)
13: Bearing Witness in a TLDR World: A Review of “Disruptive Witness” (0)
12: Scrolling Alone (0)
11: The Fortnite Phenomenon: Should Christians be Wary? (Part II) (2)
10: The Fortnite Phenomenon: Should Christians be Wary? (Part I) (1)
05: Is America Looking to Politics to Meet its Spiritual Needs? (0)
04: The Flag in the Corner (0)
03: The Past Speaks to the Present: A Review of “Demanding Liberty” (0)

June 2018

30: Movie Review “The Rider” (0)
29: Listening through Disagreement: A Review of “Civil Dialogue on Abortion” (0)
28: We Create Because God Created First (0)
26: Crocheting as a Spiritual Discipline (1)
22: Excerpt from “Walking Through Infertility” (0)
21: The Book of Job and Our Human Suffering (0)
20: De profundis: Lament in Worship (1)
19: We Die, and God Dies With Us (0)
15: Interpreting Scripture through Mystery, Doubt, & Ancient Lit: A Review of “Inspired” (0)
14: Work and Rest: Cultural Lessons from a Semester Abroad (0)
12: Why Doesn’t the U.S. Mandate Paid Leave? (0)
08: Loving Our Neighbors: A Review of “The Gospel Comes with a House Key” (0)
07: Gen Z Perspective: When I Left the Church (1)
06: Do Bakers Have to Bake Cakes for Same-Sex Weddings? (3)
05: Why They’re Leaving and Why It Matters: Gen Z’s Mass Exodus from Church (8)
02: Movie Review: “Solo” (1)

May 2018

31: The Liturgy of Sleep (0)
29: The Liturgical Lives of Pets (0)
25: Using Discipline to Build Relationship: A review of “No Drama Discipline” (0)
24: Parenting, Attachment Theory, and God (0)
22: Willow Creek: Why We Need More Church Discipline (3)
19: Movie Review: Chappaquiddick (0)
18: Witness Borne and Witness Reborn: Marilynne Robinson’s What Are We Doing Here? (0)
17: “The Ministry of the Word Belongs to All”: Understanding the Priesthood of All Believers in Context (0)
15: Colbert, Chaplin, and the Cross (0)
11: Echoes of Exodus Review (0)
10: Estate Planning: Psalms and Hymns for a Lifetime (2)
08: Church Music in the Current Technological Age (0)
05: “A Quiet Place” Review
04: Science for All Christians
03: Providential Creation and a Gracious Science
02: Against Common Sense
01: The Fruitless Search for the Theory of Everything

April 2018

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January 2018

December 2017

29: “Three Billboards” Review
27: Taking Off Our Armor
21: Who Are You?
19: You Are His
15: Our Favorite Podcasts from 2017
13: Advent Matters
12: The Problem with Christmas Carols for People Longing for the King
08: iAt’s Top Book List for 2017
07: Being Good News
06: Do the Dishes
05: Practicing Presence
01: A Year-in-Movies: Top 7 Movies of 2017

November 2017

30: Grief, Doubt, and Hope: Victor Austin’s Losing Susan
28: Understanding Scripture
27: Finding Your Story in God’s Story
22: Certainty and Doubt
21: Why I’m Thankful for Failure
20: Thankful in Unexpected Places
17: American Made
15: A Satisfied Soul
15: Q+A with Derek Webb
13: Run to Christ
13: In Defense of Halloween, or in Defense of the Better Story
12: That the Next Generation Might Know
11: Seek the Lord While He May Be Found
10: Spiritual Disciplines
08: Bring it to God
06: Waiting Through the Night
04: Cry Out to God
01: The Importance of Literature (1)

October 2017

30: “I Am Your Father” (0)
27: Happiness, Blessing, and Flourishing (0)
26: Returning to the Shore of the Stream (0)
26: Grow Roots
20: Following to Lead (2)
20: Weapons of Math Destruction (1)
19: I Am the Face of Infant Loss (7)
19: The Essence of Hospitality (0)
18: Blade Runner 2049 (1)
18: What Kind of Bread? (0)
17: A Prayer for Deliverance Not Yet Come (0)
16: What do Jude, Bob Barker, Walter Cronkite and Jerry Springer Have in Common? (0)
14: The Broken World so Loved by God (0)
13: A Response to the Responses: On Women, Celebrity, Institutions, and Authority (1)
11: Pause in the Pain (0)
11: The Desire for Diversity (4)
10: Engaging with the Other (0)
09: Not What My Hands Have Done (0)
09: Unicorns and Idlis (0)
07: A Challenging Trio (0)
06: History in a Historyless Place (1)
04: Compact Theology – Hymns for Psalm 28 (0)
03: What Does the Fawkes Say? History and Public Festivity (0)
02: Strength (0)
02: Album Review of Beast Epic by Iron & Wine (0)

September 2017

29: Capital Punishment in Christological Perspective (0)
28: Not So Fast: Framing Capital Punishment in the Context of Historic Christian Moral Reasoning (1)
27: Be Like a Child (1)
27: Re-evaluating Capital Punishment (1)
26: Colin Kaepernick and the Professional Cost of Protest (2)
26: Truth Prevails (0)
24: More (0)
22: A Declaration and Invitation (0)
21: Logan Lucky (1)
21: Misunderstandings (0)
20: Liturgy formed Guests around Our Dining Room Table: An Essay on Liturgy and Life (0)
20: Psalm 133 (0)
19: Embodied Worship, Workaday Grace: Tish Harrison Warren’s Liturgy of the Ordinary (1)
14: Snakes and Symbols (0)
14: Why I Homeschool (5)
13: Why I am a Feminist (7)
12: Futurology with a Materialist (2)
12: The Best Source of Encouragement (1)
08: Meet DACA’s Demise with Determination, Not Despair (15)
07: DACA: Mirror to the Church (1)
06: Gender & Authority: Finding Doxological Authority in the Church (1)
05: Gender & Authority: Authority in the Blogosphere (0)

August 2017

31: Faithful Work (0)
31: Gender & Authority: Tish Warren, Jen Hatmaker, and the “Crisis” of the Female Christian Blogosphere in Historical Perspective (2)
30: Gender and Authority: The Legacy of Sibling Rivalry (0)
29: A Song for the Generations (0)
28: Rock that Touched the Sky (0)
28: Strangers to Ourselves: Reading Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees (0)
25: Culture of Comparison (0)
24: The Dark Tower (1)
24: Giving Thanks With Our Hands (0)
23: Total Eclipse (0)
23: The Silence of Christ (0)
22: Fear in Charlottesville (0)
21: Ordinary Acts of Faith (0)
20: Joni Mitchell, Tomatoes, and Joseph (0)
19: New, Ever-Expanding Family of God (0)
18: All the Nations (0)
17: Lifelong Learner (0)
17: After Charlottesville, Will White Pastors Finally Take Racism Seriously? (1)
16: The Many Reactions to Charlottesville (2)
16: Getting Wet (0)
15: I’m Racist (and So Are You) (17)
15: God’s Protection (0)
14: After the Storm (0)
13: Beautiful Feet (1)
12: God Fought For Us (0)
11: Righteousness and Peace (0)
10: Imagining Discipleship through Narrative Metaphor (0)
10: Wide-Angle Look (0)
09: Discipleship and Narrative Metaphor (0)
09: Overwhelming Justice and Mercy (0)
08: The Feeding of the Five Thousand (0)
08: Discipleship and Imagination (0)
07: The Main Character (0)
04: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (0)
04: Sensing Creation’s Praise (3)
03: God Provides (0)
03: Dunkirk (1)
01: From Frustration to Contentment (0)
01: Supreme Court Term in Review: OT 2016 (0)

July 2017

31: The Kingdom of Heaven is Like… (1)
29: God’s Power and Belly of the Whale (0)
28: Longing for God (0)
27: Tourism with Worldview (0)
27: A Father’s Heart (1)
26: Letters from SPICE (0)
26: Jesus: Signal of Hope (0)
25: Encountering the Land of Israel (0)
25: Fickle Horns (1)
24: The Ease and Speed of Judgment (1)
23: Finding Bethel in a Wheat Field (0)
22: Costumed Wolves and Bad Fruit Trees (0)
21: Admitting My Idolatry (0)
21: War for the Planet of the Apes (0)
20: Faith and Allegiance (0)
20: Meeting Her (1)
19: Sin and Glory (1)
19: Faith Revealed (0)
18: Obediently Listening (1)
17: Psalm 92: Worship (0)
16: Horticulturally Challenged (0)
15: An Everyday Prayer (0)
14: God is at Work (0)
13: Being the Descendants of Judah (0)
11: Friendship Through Citizenship (0)
10: Christ the Conqueror (0)
07: Who Owns Your House? (0)
07: Citizenship, Identity, and Populism (0)
06: The Core Practices of Citizenship: Re-enchanting Our Conception of Civic Duty (1)
05: Marred Clay (0)
05: Dual Citizenship: What Does It Mean to be a Christian and a Citizen of the United States? (0)
04: More Than Trivia (0)
03: God Doesn’t Leave (0)
02: Dealt Bountifully (0)
01: Lectionary Blues (2)

June 2017

29: Why I Watch the Wire (0)
28: If Philando Castile Was a Threat, Then Black People Are Never Safe (3)
28: He’s Calling You (0)
28: Listening to a Language Not Our Own: Reading Louise Erdrich’s The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse (0)
27: Chariots of Fire: Between Two Mountaintops (2)
27: Desperation, Persuasion, and Hope (0)
26: Let the Fire Out (0)
26: Rashomon (0)
24: The Pervasive Power of Leaven (0)
23: When Your Toaster Becomes a Target (0)
22: Prayers in the Mud (0)
21: America and Syria’s Christians (0)
20: Practicing Prayerful Communication (0)
19: Wonder Woman (0)
19: Remember That Time (0)
18: Wound Cleaning (0)
17: The Idol of Tradition (0)
16: Welcome to the Century of Neuroscience, the Century of the Brain – Part III: The Working Assumption of Modern Neuroscience (0)
15: Welcome to the Century of Neuroscience, the Century of the Brain – Part II: Trending – Christian Monistic Views (0)
15: The Grace of Birdwatching (0)
14: Ascribe to the Lord Glory (0)
14: Welcome to the Century of Neuroscience, the Century of the Brain – Part I: Traditional Dualistic Views of Human Nature (0)
13: Valuable Gifts (0)
12: Strength and Peace (0)
12: Brain and Soul: Implications for Life (1)
11: Grow Up (0)
10: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (0)
09: I Know Whom I Have Believed (0)
09: Living Towards Baptism (0)
08: Dwelling in Unity (0)
08: Seeing Eye-To-Eye (0)
07: Spirit of Living God Fall Afresh on Me (0)
07: Elusive Unity (0)
06: One Body and One Spirit (0)
06: The Spirit’s Groaning (6)
05: Unexpected Provision (0)
05: Joy’s Place (0)
04: Pentecost. It’s a Big Deal. (1)
04: Exuberant Peace in the Face of Fear (0)
03: Being His People (1)
02: The Announcement of the Ten Commandments (0)
02: “All The Earth Is Mine” (0)
01: I Want to Go Home (4)
01: Trusting In Christ (0)

May 2017

31: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (0)
31: The Sincerity of Love (0)
30: Grace is Complicated (0)
30: Beaches, Barbecues, and Books: Your Guide to Summer Reading (0)
28: Sobriety and Drunkenness: The New Sense and Sensibility (0)
27: The Voice of His Word (1)
26: Global Service – A Call to Wholeness (not Holy Shoddy) (0)
26: The Prophet of Consumerism (0)
25: Err on the Side of Action (1)
25: Christ’s Footprint (0)
24: Be Strong and Courageous (0)
23: God is Paying Attention (0)
23: Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Has Secrets (0)
22: The Case for Christ (0)
22: The Rainbow Promise (0)
21: Already-Not Yet (0)
20: When Christ Bursts Forth (1)
19: Where Do You Go? (0)
19: Chattel and Prophets: African Americans in Presbyterian Church History (2)
18: A Spacious Place (1)
18: People of Goodwill? Race, Lukewarm Acceptance, and the Christian Reformed Church (3)
17: On the Formative Power of Technology (0)
17: Freedom from Our Sins (0)
16: Will You Hear Me? (2)
16: Descartes’s Doll: Christianity and the Myth of A.I. (0)
15: Sex and Social Robots (2)
15: Hear My Prayer (0)
14: In God’s Hands (0)
13: I Am (0)
12: The Circle (1)
12: Our Call to Follow (1)
11: The Promises of God (0)
11: Living with Less (1)
10: What Do You Want? (0)
10: I’ve Been Going to Yoga on Mondays (0)
09: Spirit-Filled Mindfulness Through Lectio Divina (1)
09: The Lord of All the Earth (0)
08: Praise (0)
08: An Introduction to Christian Meditation (0)
07: Through the Valley (1)
06: Before, Beside, and Behind (0)
05: “You Gotta Serve Somebody” (1)
05: The Question of What We Do With Our Past (0)
04: Ready to Move, Resting in Faith (1)
03: See the Blood of the Covenant (0)
03: Life (1)
02: Technology and the Mind, Body and Soul (0)
02: Ways of Wisdom (0)
01: Alive (0)
01: The Mars Rover, the Power of the Particular, and Love (1)

April 2017

29: Wonderful God (0)
28: Keep On Keeping On (0)
28: Poetry, Madness, and a Cat Named Jeoffry (1)
27: Expectations (0)
26: A Walk Through the Poem: “Believing Green” by Christian Wiman (0)
26: God Forgives (0)
25: Irresistible Grace (2)
24: The Resurrection of the Dead (0)
24: When Iraq Expelled the Jews (1)
23: Child-like Faith (1)
22: The First Suffragette (1)
22: The Shack (0)
21: Every Story Matters (3)
21: Portions (0)
20: Haunted by the Father: The Poetry of Li-Young Lee (1)
20: A Lasting Promise (0)
19: What Might Tax Reform Look Like? (4)
19: High and Lifted Up (0)
18: God’s Provisions (0)
18: 5 Things You May Not Know About Our Tax System (1)
17: How Did We Get our Tax System? (And What Can that Teach Us About Reforming It?) (0)
17: Eulogy for the Living (3)
16: Christ’s Clothing (0)
15: Silence (2)
14: Stained Forever by a Sanguine Glow (1)
14: The Compassion of the Cross (0)
13: iAt Book Club: The Benedict Option (1)
13: Life Through Death (0)
12: That Determined Face (1)
12: iAt Book Club: The Benedict Option (1)
11: Take Long Looks at Anything (4)
11: Discovering Gems (0)
10: Hell or High Water: Tattered and Familiar (0)
10: Once-For-All Sacrifice (0)
09: He Made Himself Nothing (2)
08: Walk in Faith and Act in Courage (1)
07: I am in Distress (0)
07: iAt Book Club: The Benedict Option (0)
06: iAt Book Club–The Benedict Option: Optional? and For Whom? (3)
06: A Prayer for Graduates (1)
05: Remember That You Are Dust (0)
05: iAt Book Club: The Benedict Option (3)
04: Once the Living Dead, Now Made Alive in Christ (0)
04: iAt Book Club: The Benedict Option (3)
03: iAt Book Club: The Benedict Option (6)
03: The Same Power (0)
02: Patiently Waiting (1)
01: Hope in the Depths (0)

March 2017

31: Discovering God with Curiosity (2)
31: Winter (0)
30: “Beauty and the Beast” (1)
30: Revelation, Dystopia, and Hope (0)
29: O My Soul (0)
29: Mathematical Justice? (2)
28: Loving Mathematically (0)
28: Believing in Creation (1)
27: Culture as Divine Gift: The Future of In All Things (2)
27: The Lord Does Not Turn a Blind Eye (0)
26: Shepherd Us to Stillness (0)
25: Mary: Our Role Model? (0)
24: Exile on E Street: The Pilgrimage of Bruce Springsteen (0)
24: Peace in the Presence (1)
23: Peace Like a River (2)
23: Enough (0)
22: Lies, Statistics, Mathematics and the Truth (1)
22: Has a Nation Ever Changed its Gods? (0)
21: Mathematical Beauty (2)
21: Psalm 81 (0)
20: God of Compassion (0)
20: The Best Sandbox (0)
19: Wilderness Vision (1)
18: Stones (0)
17: The Millennials and the Reformation (7)
17: God’s Unbelievable Faithfulness (0)
16: God in the Ordinary (1)
16: “Ecclesia semper reformanda”: Five hundred years of the Reformation (2)
15: The Reformations and the Genesis of Popular Christian Media (0)
15: Obsessed with Life (0)
14: Tears and God (2)
14: Always Reforming and Still Reforming: Why the Reformation is Still Relevant (0)
13: Logan (0)
13: Fix Your Gaze (0)
13: The Reformation and the Cause of the Gospel (1)
12: On Being Born Again (0)
11: The Joy of Having Faith in a Perfectly Faithful God (0)
10: Ascent (0)
09: The Slant of Travel (1)
09: Our Ascension (0)
08: Hearing God’s Voice (1)
08: Ten Commandments, Take Two (0)
07: The End of Christianity in Iraq, Part II: 2003-2017 (3)
07: Happy Are Those (0)
06: The End of Christianity in Iraq, Part I: 1920-2003 (0)
06: Hide and Seek (0)
05: Experiencing Joy Through Confession (0)
04: Doctrine Divides but Ministry Unites: Rethinking the Ecumenical Mantra (0)
04: Searching for the Presence of God (0)
03: Jonah’s Example (1)
02: Why Ecumenism Matters (0)
02: Create in Me a Pure Heart: A Meditation on Psalm 51 (0)
01: Embracing Ecumenism (1)
01: To Dust We Shall Return (1)
01: Heavenly Treasure (0)

February 2017

28: Divided Churches but United Faith? (0)
28: Following God (0)
27: Spirit/Body or Spirit-Body? (1)
26: Divine Interpretation (0)
25: A Covenantal Promise to Love (0)
24: The Ritual Body: Growing up female and evangelical (3)
24: Thin Places (0)
23: Silence: A Movie Review (1)
23: A New Promise and A New Agenda (0)
22: La La Land: A Musical For Everyone (0)
22: Living Alongside, with Open Hands (0)
21: Hacksaw Ridge: A Movie Review (0)
21: Reaching Out (0)
20: Christian Living (0)
19: In Defense of Peace (1)
18: Lessons from a Guinea Pig: Love, Fear and the Law (0)
17: Teachers in Snow Boots (0)
16: Taking My Daughter to Hidden Figures (1)
16: God’s Call to Social Justice (0)
15: Manchester by the Sea: A Movie Review (1)
15: Thy Word Have I Hid in My Heart (1)
14: Fences: A Christian Reflection (2)
14: Life-Giving Law (0)
13: You and Me and West Texas: Review of Hell or High Water (1)
13: Commandments in Chief (0)
12: Anger is a Choice (1)
11: Why Is Obedience So Hard? (0)
10: Sphere Sovereignty and the Electoral College (1)
10: Finding Grace in Leviticus (0)
09: Race and the Demand of a Reformational Worldview (1)
09: Red & Blue, Black & White: Untangling Race, Religion and Politics in America (0)
09: A Song to Shape our Loves (0)
08: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: An Introduction to the Enneagram (0)
08: A Light on My Path (1)
07: Embracing the Hard Truth of the Gospel (1)
06: Forgotten Treasure (0)
05: True Fasting (0)
04: Directing Your Praise (0)
03: 5 Things I Wish I Didn’t Know About the Super Bowl (1)
03: Humming the Tune (0)
02: NASCAR’s Faith: The Rise of Cultural Christianity through Sport (0)
02: Delight (0)
01: Soccer 2, Saints 0: World Soccer as a Rival to Traditional Religion (0)
01: So Much Depends (0)

January 2017

31: Our Call to Welcome the Stranger (8)
31: Lessons of Faith from a Poor Moabite Widow (2)
30: Who is My Neighbor? (0)
30: The Foolishness of Faithfulness (0)
29: When Infertility Doesn’t End With a “Miracle Baby” (0)
29: Boasting in the Lord (1)
28: Dear Infertility Patient (0)
28: By Our Love (0)
27: Our Journey Through Pregnancy Loss (0)
27: Remembering My Slavery (1)
26: How Instagram Changed My Infertility Battle (0)
26: The Picture of Relational Goodness (0)
25: Reflections from a Grad Student (3)
25: Finding Pure Joy (0)
24: A Call to the Ministry of Presence (0)
24: Crying Out to the Lord (0)
23: Can We Be Pragmatic and Prophetic in the Age of Trump? (1)
23: Discerning the Truth (0)
22: The Anchor of Our Lives (0)
21: Finding Wonder Woman (0)
20: Social Issues on Social Media (1)
20: The Lord is Our Light (0)
19: Beers and Carols (1)
19: Boasting is Our Worship (0)
18: Not If But How (0)
18: New Wine into Old Wineskins (0)
17: How Can The Church Thrive In A Non-Christian World? (1)
17: The Story of One Who Took the Blame (0)
16: McSupper or Lord’s Supper? (3)
16: Engaging in Conversations (0)
15: Writing a Letter (0)
14: Yet If You Say So (0)
13: Gathering Around the Table (0)
12: The Antidote (0)
11: Lift Up Your Eyes (0)
10: Age is Nothing but a Number (0)
09: And Then There’s Winter (0)
08: A View from the River (0)
07: The Voice of God (1)
06: Transhumanism and the Incarnation (0)
06: They Are Precious in His Sight (0)
05: War Against the Saints: Understanding the Persecuted Church and the United States (2)
05: Do Not Be Afraid (0)
04: Aleppo: Making Sense of the Tragedy (0)
04: How to Pray for Your President (0)
03: The Ideal King, Donald Trump, and the Work of the Church (0)
02: The Road of Faith (0)
01: Running the Race (0)

December 2016

31: Our Favorite Podcasts from 2016 (3)
31: Solomon’s Wish (0)
30: The Top 10 iAt Articles for 2016 (0)
30: Don’t Lose Heart (0)
29: Did You Hear Me? (0)
28: The Top Ten Movies of 2016 (2)
28: Extro-spection, Empowering Expectations, and Convenient Healing? (0)
27: To Read and Read Anything (0)
27: Praying Poetically (0)
26: Something Oxymoronic (3)
25: A Call to Gladness (0)
24: A Great Light (0)
23: Fear Defeated, Joy Greeted (0)
23: Good News to Mary (0)
22: Mary’s Song (0)
22: The Meaning of Christmas in Chicago (1)
21: The Meaning of Christmas in Germany (0)
21: The Mean, Green Jealousy Machine (0)
20: The Meaning of Christmas is…Doubt? (0)
20: We Are Children (0)
19: The Punch Line (3)
18: Birth and Death (0)
17: At Your Right Hand (4)
16: An Empty Patch of Sky (0)
16: Restore Us, O God (1)
15: Grandpa and Grandma’s Table (2)
14: Making a Desert in Mosul (2)
14: Thirst and Gratitude (0)
13: Populism and the Challenge of Democracy in 2016 (0)
13: As the Deer Pants (0)
12: Thirst (0)
11: Joy in the Anticipation (0)
10: For the LORD is a God Who Knows (0)
09: A Life of Worship (0)
08: Zechariah (1)
08: The Road Leading Home (0)
07: Believing Together (1)
07: Heart-Orientation (0)
06: Mary: Our Role Model? (1)
06: God’s Goodness for the Kingdom (0)
05: Joseph the Imperturbable (0)
05: Praise in the Drought (1)
04: The Ax at the Root (2)
03: In the Wilderness (1)
02: Can a Fat Person Be Made in the Image of God? (4)
02: The Lord will be Gracious (0)
01: Disabled Images: On Identity and Disability (3)
01: Anticipating Advent (0)

November 2016

30: Who Do Your Kids Look Like? (1)
30: You’ve Got to be Kidding Me! (0)
29: The Language of Arrival (5)
29: Advent Waiting (0)
28: Gratitude List (0)
28: The Raging Waters of Advent (0)
27: Aspiration(s) (3)
25: I am Thankful for… a God Who Satisfies in a Disappointing World (0)
24: Giving Thanks in the Waiting (3)
23: I Am Thankful for Spiders (1)
22: Race and Policing on the Second Anniversary of Ferguson (0)
21: The Master Narrative: The Popular, but Problematic Memory of the Civil Rights Movement (1)
17: Between the World and Me, Michael Brown, and White Imagination (4)
16: Colorblindness and the Problem of White Supremacy (0)
15: One Body (22)
11: Wine, Food, and Friends: John Calvin on God’s Gifts (0)
10: Calvinist Iconoclasts? A Mixed Message from the Reformers on Images of Jesus (1)
10: Finding Joy When It Isn’t Easy (1)
09: Sola Wife (0)
07: On Voting and Civic Participation (0)
04: Be Not Afraid…To Vote for a Third-Party Conservative Candidate (3)
03: Voting for Donald Trump (13)
02: Why I’m not Voting (for President) (9)
01: Voting for Gary Johnson (3)

October 2016

31: Voting in the United States (2)
28: Voting for Hillary Rodham Clinton (21)
27: The Case for Christian Higher Education: Two-Year Technical Programs, Too (4)
26: Calling and Vocation and College (3)
25: Pay Attention (0)
21: The Children’s Crumbs (0)
20: The Salute of Grace (0)
18: Between Two Gardens (0)
14: Come Hell or High Water? Scientific Progress and Ethics (0)
13: Science and Ethics in Practice of Earth Stewardship (3)
12: C.S. Lewis’s Nightmare: Christianity after the Abolition of Man (Part 2) (0)
11: C.S. Lewis’s Nightmare: Christianity after the Abolition of Man (Part 1) (0)
10: Ethics and Lethal Autonomous Robots (0)
07: Parenting in the Moment (0)
06: Our Stereotypical American Family (3)
05: How Do Spouses Divide the Load? (2)
04: How Should Faith Influence Politics? (2)
03: Finding Your Worth (0)

September 2016

30: Evangelicals and Trump (29)
29: American Delusion (1)
28: Dear Christians in America (5)
27: Pastoral Reflections on the Election Cycle (5)
26: Election Season Vertigo (1)
22: Good and Full (0)
20: Physics 101: Observing Physical Creation (0)
19: Science 101: Speaking in Tongues and Sights Unseen (0)
15: What Will Education Look Like in 10 Years? (3)
14: How Teaching Has Changed in the Last 36 Years (1)
13: What a Teacher Can Add that Google Can’t (1)
12: How Does a Teacher Use Technology Appropriately? (0)
11: A Letter to Those Growing Up in a Post-9/11 World (0)
09: Understanding Yourself as a Parent (1)
08: Lose the Guilt, Find the Grace (1)
07: The Not-So-Perfect-Parent’s Guide to Raising Different Kids (2)
06: Of Bread and Stones (13)
01: Can Christians Believe in the Big Bang? (0)

August 2016

31: Can Christians Believe in Evolution? (3)
30: Can Christians Believe in Climate Change? (14)
29: A World-Viewing Approach to Faith and Science (0)
26: Lunar Stories: The Violence of Creation (0)
25: How to Survive 14 Years of Marriage (0)
24: How Not to Help Your Friends Find a Spouse (0)
23: Too Young to Marry? (2)
22: What is Marriage For? (0)
18: Nature or Nurture: Leadership as a Learned Trait vs. Leadership Inheritance (5)
17: Who Solves Your Most Urgent Medical Questions? (0)
16: What Role Do Bible Scholars Play in Your Bible Reading? (0)
15: Should Presidents Be Experts? (2)
11: Stop S’Driving to Become (0)
10: Nobody Knows What They’re Doing….and That’s OK (1)
09: How To Help Your Kid Survive Middle School (1)
05: Fun in Sports (0)
04: What is the Definition of “Fun”? (0)
03: Having Fun (1)
02: Why Is School Like a Prison? (7)
01: Christians Just Wanna Have Fun (2)

July 2016

29: The Rhythm of Work and Fishing (0)
28: Sabbath: Slowing to Celebrate (1)
27: Unplugging from Social Media (1)
26: Why Are Vacations So Exhausting? (0)
25: The Antidote to Busyness (1)
22: Consumerism vs. Calling (2)
21: Consuming Rightly: The Task of Christian Higher Education (2)
20: What’s So Bad About Porn? (2)
19: Consumerism and the Church (2)
18: Is Consumerism Consuming Us? (4)
15: What Does Progressive Mean? (7)
14: What Makes a Church Missional? (0)
13: What Does Populism Mean? (3)
12: What Does Evangelical Mean? (0)
11: What Does Social Democrat Mean? (14)
09: Bringing the Audience’s Imagination to Life (2)
08: Doing Business on Facebook (1)
07: Working in the Film and TV Industry (0)
06: I am a Legislative Correspondent (2)
05: Life as a Writer (0)
01: Here We Are Now…Hold Us Together (0)

June 2016

30: Educating Ambassadors (2)
29: Drawn to Jesus (6)
29: Jesus Raises the Widow’s Son (0)
28: What I Have Learned From My Ambivalent Career Path (3)
28: The “Power” of Miracles (1)
27: Reflections on Christian Living (0)
27: Opening Eyes for the Deaf and Ears for the Blind (1)
24: The Bachelor Dilemma (0)
24: Do You Want to be Healed? (1)
23: The Flourishing of Human Life (0)
23: Sharing the Gospel Well (1)
22: Displaying the Hope of the Gospel in Jesus (0)
22: He Meant To Pass By Them (0)
21: Engaging All People of God (0)
21: What Jesus Could Not Do (0)
20: A Distinctive World and Life Perspective (0)
20: Miracles and Superheroes (0)
17: U.S. Customs and the War on Drugs (0)
17: The Leper’s Healing (1)
16: How Cannabis Saved My Son (3)
16: Deliberately and Meekly Serving Our Lord (0)
15: Seeing and Understanding (0)
15: The Legalization of Pot (1)
14: War on Drugs in Rural America (0)
14: Healing Hearts and Hurts (1)
13: 5 Myths and Misconceptions About the War on Drugs (1)
13: Nothing But Net (0)
10: Leadership Development in Student Athletes (1)
10: What is God’s Will in Healing? (1)
09: Preventing Sports Injuries (0)
09: Stay With It (0)
08: Winning and Losing (1)
08: Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit (1)
07: Wage Gaps in Professional Sports (0)
07: Seeing is Believing… (0)
06: Why Do We Play? (1)
06: Water Into Wine (0)
04: The Complexity of American Exceptionalism (0)
03: Hillary Clinton and Progressive Civil Religion (6)
02: Does God Have a Political Party? Civil Religion and Party Politics in American History (0)
01: Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? (3)

May 2016

31: When Civil Religion Comes to Church (4)
27: The Simplicity of God (2)
26: Created by the Creator God (0)
25: The Antidote for Dishonesty in Art (0)
24: What Makes Music Christian? (1)
23: The Relationship Between Faith and Art (2)
20: Why I Want to Work in the Church (1)
19: Does Church Attendance Matter? (2)
18: What Did the Supreme Court Decide About the Contraception Mandate? (1)
18: A Letter from the Frontier (1)
17: What is Church? (1)
16: God’s Mission Has a Church (1)
13: Slow Down (0)
12: Learning to Love Literature (4)
11: Force of Habit (1)
10: Sabbath Intentions (1)
09: Am I Doing Enough? (0)
06: When You Aren’t in Charge of Your Birth (2)
05: To Tell a Story (6)
04: Parenting: The Race (0)
03: A Beautiful Crucible: Motherhood as Discipleship (11)
02: Prince, Common Grace, and What is Within Us (1)

April 2016

29: Community Found by Perspective (2)
28: How I Chased, Lost, and Found my Dream Job (0)
27: What if I Don’t Like My Job? (0)
26: How Do I Know What to Do With my Life? (2)
25: What’s in a Word: Calling or Vocation? (1)
22: Can Role Models Drink? (7)
21: Protests and Personal Responsibility (0)
20: Protected: New Contributor (0)
20: Only Christians Need Apply? (1)
19: The Problem with Cussing Christians and Easy Answers (2)
18: Can Christians Really Do All Things? (0)
15: Intentional Living (1)
14: Ministry on the Edges of Neo-Pagan North America (0)
13: Slacktivism and the Science of Living for Jesus without Changing a Thing (2)
12: Are Christian Children Selfish? (0)
11: Voluntourism (2)
08: Working as a Christian (2)
07: A Christian Way to Work (0)
06: Doing Business Christianly (2)
05: Faith Shapes My Design (2)
04: God Loveth Adverbs: Teaching (and Living) “Christianly” (6)
01: How to Talk to Your Children About Death (0)

March 2016

31: Teaching Our Children About Money (1)
30: How to Talk to Your Kids About Divorce (2)
29: Talking to Kids about Race: Against the Grain (2)
28: How to Talk to Your Kids About Terrorism (0)
27: Easter Morning and New Realities: To Be Made Alive Together With (0)
26: Don’t Forget God (1)
25: The Lord Speaks (2)
25: I am the Way, the Truth, the Life (0)
24: The Gift of Rest (3)
23: When You Fast: Fasting and the Ultimate Purpose of Your Life (1)
22: How Do You Pray? (5)
21: How Do You Know? (0)
20: The Homer Hanky (1)
18: Seeking Peace Amidst Dissension: How the Church Can be Both Diverse and One (1)
18: I Am the Bread of Life (0)
17: Invest Now in Ethiopia to Sustain Progress, Save Lives (0)
17: Disagreements as a Pathway Towards Common Ground in Politics (3)
16: Is Certainty the Same as Faith? (3)
15: The Diverse Church (1)
14: When We Disagree (2)
11: Comfort (5)
11: Light of the World (0)
10: Dying Well (0)
09: Sacred Ground (0)
08: Dying with Dignity (2)
07: It is Well (4)
04: Spilling Over (6)
04: The Invitation (0)
03: The Job-Hunting Mom (1)
02: Living the New Dream (4)
01: A Beautiful Chaos (1)

February 2016

29: Working With an Infant (1)
26: Shepherd Work (1)
26: Reclaiming a Biblical View for Agriculture (0)
25: Ending Hunger (1)
24: Social Principles of Good Agriculture (0)
23: Things I’ve Learned from the Poor (0)
22: What They Gave Away (0)
19: Are Healthcare Bills Racking Up? You Might Qualify for Help (0)
19: A New Way of Living in the World (0)
18: Why Does My Insurance Cost So Much? (1)
17: Healthcare Costs in the U.S. (1)
16: Replacing Scalia (0)
16: For I Was Sick and You Looked After Me (0)
15: It Is Up To You (0)
12: Three Steps of “I am” (1)
12: Answering Your Question: Knowing the Truth (2)
11: We Don’t Have a TV (3)
10: I AM (0)
10: Being Grateful for my “Stupid Little Life”: Why We Need Movies (0)
09: Social Media and Persuasion – Great Expectations (2)
08: Fair and Balanced News? (1)
05: Loving God With Our Bodies (1)
04: Loving God Through… Sex? (0)
03: Mind-Full Love (0)
02: Reflections From a First Time Voter (1)
02: How Then Shall We Eat? (6)
01: Your Body Has a Purpose (2)

January 2016

29: Engaging in Politics: Christian Leadership in Every Capacity (3)
28: Gun Politics Aren’t About Guns (1)
27: Your Candidate Probably Won’t Destroy ISIS (11)
26: Paper Trails: Following the Money (1)
25: Religious Freedom and Presidential Politics (5)
22: Lotteries and Gambling vs. Investing (0)
21: Created to Create: Fostering Innovative Education (4)
20: Creative Consumption (0)
19: Learning to Speak the Language of Influence (2)
18: 7 Lies Creative People Believe (3)
15: Ex Machina: Notes for Viewing (1)
13: Mindful Love of God (2)
12: Loving God by Making Poems (1)
11: Explorers and Immigrants (2)
08: Stopping Slavery Before it Begins: Here’s What You Can Do (0)
07: 35 Million Untold Stories (1)
06: The Choices You Make (0)
05: In Your Neighborhood (0)
04: The Fastest Growing Crime (1)

December 2015

31: Top 10 Most Read iAt Articles in 2015 (0)
30: Top 10 Websites to Watch in 2016 (0)
29: 5 Legal Developments You May Have Missed in 2015 (0)
28: Walk Humbly with your God (0)
25: Christmas Confession (1)
24: Hope in Anticipation (0)
23: A Mexican Christmas (1)
23: Angels (0)
22: Christmas in Nigeria (0)
22: Hope: How Does One Live a Hope-Filled Life? (0)
21: Top Influential Books for 2015 (0)
21: Advent: Hoping in the Bigger Picture (0)
20: Christmas Expectations (0)
19: The Line (0)
18: 120 seconds (1)
18: A Look at the Movies of 2015 (0)
17: A Stress-free Christmas? (0)
17: Expecting the King (0)
16: Navigating Grief at Christmas (1)
16: Expecting (0)
15: Where is Peace on Earth? (0)
15: Expecting: Hope and Sinfulness (0)
14: Fighting Depression at Christmas (0)
14: Expecting: Being Ready (0)
13: Advent: Strike me Dumb, God (0)
12: Impatient Waiting (0)
11: Top 10 Books for Young Readers in 2015 (0)
11: Advent: What are you Waiting for? (0)
10: Sabbath, Sleep and Saying ‘No’ to Busy-ness (0)
10: Waiting for His Plan to Unfold (0)
09: Doing a little more for Jesus (1)
09: Moses (0)
08: Crazy Busy? Overwhelmed? Six Good Reads to Help You Rethink Your Calendar (1)
08: John the Baptist and Advent (0)
07: Advent: Lessons in Waiting (1)
07: Sanctification and Wild Things (2)
06: Advent: Waiting (0)
05: Through Generations (3)
04: Ten Books You Need to Read (0)
04: Preparing from the Perspective of Mary (1)
03: Preparing: Be Filled (0)
02: Christ, Consumerism, and Christmas (0)
02: Advent: Ring the Bells that Still Can Ring (2)
01: The Endless Cycle of Want (1)
01: Advent: Clearing a Path for Christmas (0)

November 2015

30: Taking the Gift out of Christmas (7)
30: Preparing, Advent and Psalm 51 (1)
29: Advent: The Messy Preparation (0)
26: People of the Second Chance (0)
25: The Grace of Failure (2)
24: Giving Grace to Everyone but Myself (1)
23: Getting it Wrong (1)
20: What is Happening? (5)
18: Lead Me Not into Temptation (0)
17: Beyond Modesty (0)
16: Modest or Prude? Redeeming our Wardrobes (3)
13: Red Cups and Orphans (0)
11: The Science Associated with Producing GMOs (0)
10: Playing God (2)
09: Genetically Modified Organisms: Beyond the Limits of Care? (0)
06: God, Human Nature, and Psychology (0)
05: The Rapture of the Geeks (0)
04: Christian Views of the Student (5)
03: The Law and Human Nature (5)
02: What is a Human Being? (4)

October 2015

30: A Psalm for the Night Shift (3)
29: Why Should Ecology Matter to a Christian? (0)
28: Institutional Stewardship and Ecology (1)
27: Eco-Pietism vs. Eco-Piety (4)
26: Common Home: Pope Francis and John Calvin on Creation (0)
23: Why vote? (1)
22: Why I Am a Republican (7)
21: Wasting My Vote: Why I am an “Independent” (3)
20: Christian Democrat? (37)
19: Should Christians Engage in Politics? (1)
16: Bible Stories No One Talks About (2)
15: How Should We Read the Bible? (1)
14: How Can We Become Biblically Literate? (0)
13: Cultivating a Biblical Imagination (1)
12: Why Christians Don’t Read the Bible (2)
09: The Gift of Giving (2)
08: Why Give? (0)
07: The Pipe Dream of Tithing? (0)
06: Heart of Stone and Heart of Flesh (0)
05: My Service Conversion (1)
02: Objectivity, Story, and the Bible (4)

September 2015

30: Serving the Story (0)
29: Judgments (11)
28: Discipleship and Metaphor (6)
25: Revisiting Religious Freedom in Dordt v. Burwell (14)
23: Winning and Losing in Middle School Athletics (1)
22: How Should Christians View Fantasy Sports? (1)
21: The Richness of Building Character in College Athletics (1)
18: Malaria, Mosquitoes, and Special Revelation (2)
17: Boys and Girls Being Boys and Girls (0)
16: Does Gender Matter in the Academic World? (9)
15: The Expectations for Girls and Boys (7)
14: Targeting Our Fears (0)
11: When God Says “Work Harder” (1)
10: How to Get a Job (0)
09: Seeking Justice in the Workplace (1)
08: Regulations and Flexibility (0)
07: Answering Your Question: Creeds and Confessions (0)
04: A Nurse’s Pledge (0)
03: What Does it Mean to be Pro-Life? (3)
02: The Proliferation of Life (2)
01: Life, Name, Identity (0)

August 2015

31: Answering Your Question: Walking the Talk of Servant Leadership (0)
28: The Role of Prayer in Our Boardroom (0)
26: Who must take the lead in immigration reform? (0)
25: Political Advocacy for Immigration Reform is a Marathon not a Sprint (1)
24: How Faith Informs Our Thoughts on Immigration (7)
21: Dear Parents of College Freshmen (3)
20: The Turn (2)
19: Coach, Can We Talk? (4)
18: Back to School (0)
17: A Letter to Teachers (4)
14: One Christian’s Journey in the Business World (2)
13: My Favorite Part of Business (1)
12: Compensation as Cultivation (1)
11: What’s in a Name? (3)
10: The Beauty of Business (6)
07: God in School (1)
06: We’re in the Kid Business (3)
05: Teacher as Servant (1)
04: From Our Basement to God’s World (0)
03: Globally Minded Christ-Centered Education (0)

July 2015

31: Long May You Run (11)
30: Mountain Top Vistas (1)
29: Fish and Bread (1)
28: Joy (0)
27: Family, Dirt-Bikes, and Education (1)
23: Obstacles and Opportunities to Experience God in All Things (4)
22: Young People and Faith: Encountering God “In All Things” (2)
21: Experiencing God’s Presence in the Life of Academia (1)
20: Creation as Art (5)
17: Steward Leadership (1)
15: Green Space (2)
13: A Mathematician’s Apology (0)
09: How (and Why) to Give the Gift of Rest (0)
08: Re-Creating in Nature (2)
07: “Getting Lost” for Our Own Good (2)
06: Rest and Re-Creation (5)
03: God is Creation’s Second-by-Second Sustainer (1)
02: The Birds and the Bees (1)
01: Accessible Lust (1)

June 2015

30: God Loves Sex and Sexuality (9)
26: A Summary and Initial Response to the Same-Sex Marriage Ruling (5)
26: Upholding the Inartful Drafting of Obamacare (3)
26: A Reformed Approach to the Interactions of Science and Religion (cont’d) (1)
25: A Reformed Approach to the Interactions of Science and Religion (2)
24: Models of the Interaction of Science and Religion (3)
23: Divorce and a Broken Home (1)
22: Answering Your Question: The Electronics Effect (1)
19: Worship: What Do You Bow Down To? (2)
19: A Message for New Dads (and Dads-to-be) (5)
18: Love Each Other Deeply (2)
17: What Is It Like Being a Dad? (2)
16: Fatherhood (1)
15: On Being a Dad (1)
13: Technology At Every Moment (0)
12: Do Not Be Anxious… Rejoice! (0)
12: Technology and Mindful Evaluation (0)
11: My iPhone Made Me Do it (1)
10: Technology is Imagination Incarnated (0)
09: Technology Isn’t Just for Smart People (2)
08: Is Technology Bringing Us Together or Pushing Us Farther Apart? (4)
05: The Joy of Exploration (2)
04: The Practice of Listening (1)
03: Liberia: One Year Later (0)
02: What Happens After an Earthquake (0)
01: What Matters to Us (0)

May 2015

29: Placing Ourselves in the Story (0)
28: Civil War Staff Rides (1)
27: Fort Sumter and the Rhyme of Hope and History (1)
26: They Both Prayed to the Same God (2)
25: Remembering Memorial Day (1)
21: What is Religious Liberty? (0)
20: Persecution: Necessary or Inevitable? (0)
19: The Responsible Ones: Young People, Faith, and Letting Go (5)
19: Poetic Youth Ministry: Learning to Love Young People by Letting Them Go (Excerpt) (1)
19: Seeing the World Through the Eyes of Persecuted Christians (8)
18: My Brother, My Sister (1)
15: I am a Food Operations Sergeant (1)
14: We Are an Air Force Family (2)
13: Where I Found My Strength in Baghdad (2)
12: The Vanishing (Reformed) Youth (9)
12: I Served in the U.S. Navy (3)
11: What I Did in Vietnam (7)
08: For the Love of Reading (0)
07: The Places to Go (0)
06: Seize the Summer (Part 2) (1)
05: SuErvIviZnEg the Summer (0)
04: Summer: A Beautiful, Holy Mess (1)
01: What is Jesus’ Will? (3)

April 2015

30: Baltimore’s Problem (1)
29: The Healing Mission of Christ (1)
28: Faith, Politics, and Social Media (4)
27: Stories from Nejapa (0)
24: In Our Own Words (0)
23: Thoughts from a College Student (1)
22: Testimony: Being a Minority at Dordt (0)
21: Forgive Us (7)
20: The Diversity Question (4)
16: Caring for Someone with a Mental Illness (1)
15: Mental Illness and Your Child: Learning to Loosen and Receive (1)
14: Depression: My Story (10)
09: God is in the Bean (5)
08: The Return of Liturgy (3)
07: Regarding Homework… (2)
06: The Common Core: Good or Bad? (4)
05: Easter: She Called Him “Rabboni” (1)
03: Lent: The Suffering Centurion (0)
02: The Groaning Creation (0)
01: Standardized Testing: Help or Harm? (2)

March 2015

31: Free Religion is not Free Discrimination (23)
30: Education for All (7)
27: Lent: Behold! Behold! Behold! (2)
27: Imagine a World Where Faith Was More than Political Eye Candy (4)
26: Immigration: More than a Number (0)
25: My Immigration Story (13)
24: Welcome the Stranger (3)
23: Immigration: A Tale of Two Grandfathers (1)
20: Are You Mad(ness)? (0)
20: Lent: They Put the Cross on Him (1)
19: Christian Civility (0)
18: Classroom Civility (2)
17: Serving Families in Broken Situations (2)
16: In the era of mean tweets…and much, much worse (2)
14: Is the Letter to Iran Treason? (4)
13: Shooting in Ferguson (4)
13: Lent: Behold, the Man! (0)
12: Are the FCC’s “New” Regulations really an “Obamacare for the Internet”? (0)
11: The Golden Age of TV (1)
10: Imagining the Kingdom (1)
09: Joining Christ in Mission (0)
06: Lent: I Don’t Know the Man? (0)
06: Answering Your Question: The Church and Homosexuality (13)
05: Redeeming the World through the Sphere of Government (1)
04: The Assassination of Boris Nemtsov (0)
02: “Like a Girl”: Why our Words Matter (5)

February 2015

27: Lent: Unless I Wash You (0)
25: Helicopter or Free Range: A Dilemma of Modern Parenting (6)
23: Answering Your Question: Reformed and Biblical Counseling (0)
20: Should Obama have compared ISIS to the Crusades? (11)
20: Lent: If They Keep Quiet, the Stones Will Cry Out! (0)
19: Answering Your Question: Vaccines and Religious Freedom (14)
18: Ash Wednesday: Behold, the Lamb of God (0)
17: 50 Shades of…Clay? (5)
16: I Didn’t Come From a Normal Family (6)
14: Can We Get Rid of Valentine’s Day? (0)
13: In The News (0)
12: The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (1)
10: Answering Your Question: Is Christian education tuition a tithe? (4)
09: A Farmer’s Perspective (1)
06: 5 Tips for a Successful Parent and Teacher Relationship (0)
05: We Are a Family (8)
04: To Those Who Know a Hurting Child (2)
02: God’s Plan for the Terrible-Two’s (0)

January 2015

31: Supporting Football: the Physical Damage of the Game (0)
30: Why We Should Watch Football (0)
28: Is the Church for Sinners or Saints? (10)
23: Answering Your Question: the Bible and traditional beliefs (1)
19: MLK Day (1)
15: Were the Terror Attacks in Paris motivated by radical Islam? (10)
13: The Long Invisible Bag (2)
09: Top Webpages to Follow in 2015 (0)
07: Answering Your Question: Tension between Science and Genesis (5)

December 2014

29: Most Interesting Movies for 2014 (0)
26: Top 15 Business Books for 2014 (1)
25: Christmas: Emmanuel (0)
24: Advent: Savior (0)
23: Advent: Bridegroom (0)
22: A Parent’s Guide to AAU Sports (1)
21: Advent: Christ the Good Shepherd (0)
21: Advent: High Priest (0)
20: Advent: Hope (0)
19: Books Your Kids Should Read (1)
19: Advent: Mediator (0)
18: Market Capitalism and Caring for “the Least of These” (3)
18: Advent: Rock (0)
17: Be salt and light (0)
17: Advent: The True Vine (0)
16: Advent: Resurrection and Life (0)
15: Advent: Who Owns Your Weight and Your Wait? (0)
14: Advent: Word (0)
13: Advent: The King of kings and Lord of lords (0)
12: Advent: Christ as Judge (1)
12: Top 25 Most Influential Books Read in 2014 (4)
11: Advent: Firstborn over all Creation (0)
10: Leadership and Calling (1)
10: Advent: Who is your Cornerstone? (0)
09: Advent: The Bread of Life (0)
08: Advent: The Perfect, Suffering Author of Our Faith (0)
07: Advent: I AM (0)
06: Advent: Prince of Peace (0)
05: Ten Great Books on Church History (0)
05: Advent: Light of the World (0)
04: Do Cameras Make a Difference? The Death of Eric Garner and another “No Indictment” (0)
04: Advent: Alpha and Omega (0)
03: Respectful Conversations as Deep Expression of Love (0)
03: Advent: True God (0)
02: Advent: Holy One (0)
01: Thoughts on #Ferguson (1)
01: Advent: Lamb of God (0)

November 2014

30: Advent: Deliverer (0)
28: A Librarian’s Guide to a Good Book (3)
27: The Hardest Thanks (On Being Broken Bread) (0)
26: Ingratitude Day (0)
25: No Indictment: Making Sense of Monday’s Decision in Ferguson (4)
25: Prayer of Confession (3)
25: Rejoice. Pray. Be Thankful (0)
24: Gratitude and Good Intentions (0)
21: #flipthescript and Other Articles on Adoption (4)
19: Answering Your Question: Calvinism and Reformed (2)
18: Native (0)
17: The Driving Force of the Ukraine Crisis (1)
14: Top Articles on the Web for the Week (0)
13: Set Free (5)
10: We Need to Talk (13)
10: What is Art? (0)
06: Together We Make Football (2)

October 2014

30: Luther’s Persistent Mentor (4)
29: Where Questions Can Lead (0)
29: Education as Formation (1)
27: 5 U.S. Supreme Court Cases Every Christian Should Be Aware Of (3)
27: Top 10 U.S. Supreme Court Cases From the Last Term (0)
24: Answering Your Question: Horrible Decree or Doctrine of Hope (0)
23: Reflections From the Day Before Today (1)
23: Living Business as Mission (0)
21: Seek Justice, Encourage the Oppressed (0)
20: Answering Your Question: Elder and Deacon Training (3)
07: Vulnerability, Discipleship and Community (1)
05: Handiwork of our Creator (0)
03: Top 5 books on ministering to millennials (6)
02: Shame, Vulnerability, and Faith (0)
01: Answering Your Question–Leadership and Power (1)

September 2014

29: Or does it explode? (0)
26: Two posts that caught our eye this week (0)
19: Acceptance by whom? (0)
17: All of Life (0)
11: In spite of hardship (0)
10: Serving others (0)
08: Everything is Related (0)

August 2014

July 2014

25: Criminal Justice as Ministry (0)
17: Seeing Christ in Philosophy (0)

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