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Why I Changed My Mind About Yoga

Jes Kast

Diversity after the Oscars

Ted Williams III

Why Lego’s wheelchair minifigure is fearfully and wonderfully made

Mark Stephenson

The Overlooked Virtue of Marie Kondo

Bethany Keeley-Jonker

Barna study details porn’s pervasive influence – including in the church

Josh Larsen

Do Christians underestimate fiction?

Caryn Rivadeneira

Is the gender-swapping Twilight the best thing to come out of the franchise?

Caryn Rivadeneira

Eating alone, eating with Jesus

Branson Parler

The (somewhat) sacred outdoors

Erica Schemper

What’s really been exposed in the Ashley Madison hack

Kory Plockmeyer

Stephen Hawking and the body of Christ

Bethany Keeley-Jonker

Can spirituality save our achievement-driven kids?

Jarod Grice

Should we be “redesigning” death?

Jarod Grice

Beer, bread, chocolate - and Jesus?

Josh Larsen

Raising narcissists: what over-approving parents can learn from Philippians 2

Chad Thornhill

In defense of “basic” culture (yes, even Pumpkin Spice Lattes)

Jes Kast

Brittany Maynard and 9/11 jumpers: an analogy that doesn’t work

Branson Parler

Parenting is not a covenantal relationship. Marriage is.

Tamara Hill Murphy

What we lose by choosing death with dignity

Karen Swallow Prior

Jim Gaffigan and the food purity movement

Branson Parler

The common grace of fake vacation destinations

Kory Plockmeyer

The real reason we sleep together

Caryn Rivadeneira

Outsourcing our memories to Instagram

Briana Meade

Chimps are people too?

Rolf Bouma

Ayahuasca and the high of Easter

Jes Kast

Crime prevention and Christian witness

Derek Rishmawy

Ugly selfies and spiritual authenticity

Kory Plockmeyer

Why Barbie was destined for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

Josh Larsen

Hannah Price and responding to catcalls with grace

Tamara Hill Murphy

Architecture, autism and the challenge of coordinating community

David Greusel

'I am not a millennial! I am a human being!'

Karen Swallow Prior

Why not having kids is more than a lifestyle choice

Branson Parler

The God-honoring freedom of the bikini

Caryn Rivadeneira

Don’t fear Facebook’s ‘Like’ button

Bethany Keeley-Jonker

What Spring Breakers says about youth formation

Aron Reppmann

Why female empowerment doesn’t have to look like Beyonce

Karen Swallow Prior

Dear Abby and Jesus as advice columnist

Caryn Rivadeneira

When yoga isn’t so healthy

Monica Selby

Sigur Ros’ Seraph and the glory of being seen

Joshua Walters

Cosplay and wearing our character

Maureen Herring