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Chimps are people too?

Rolf Bouma

Ayahuasca and the high of Easter

Jes Kast

Crime prevention and Christian witness

Derek Rishmawy

How Christians go to the movies

Josh Larsen

Lean in? Recline? How about ‘join the body’

Bethany Keeley-Jonker

Ugly selfies and spiritual authenticity

Kory Plockmeyer

Quitting consumerism

Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Why Barbie was destined for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

Josh Larsen

The problem with doing what you love

Jordan J. Ballor

Do you speak snark or smarm?

Bethany Keeley-Jonker

Hannah Price and responding to catcalls with grace

Tamara Hill Murphy

Architecture, autism and the challenge of coordinating community

David Greusel

Why we shouldn’t feel too smug about Chipotle's Scarecrow ad

Tamara Hill Murphy

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

Karen Swallow Prior

Remembering community amidst the 'new domesticity'

Enuma Okoro

Why not having kids is more than a lifestyle choice

Branson Parler

St. Augustine on breastfeeding

Branson Parler

A Christian's take on cremation

Caryn Rivadeneira

The God-honoring freedom of the bikini

Caryn Rivadeneira

Wait - now money can buy happiness?

Jordan J. Ballor

Dove’s beauty campaign and the danger of always looking at ourselves

Karen Swallow Prior

Quotes from Q

Josh Larsen

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

Mental illness, violence and a call for the church

Amy Simpson

Sigur Ros’ Seraph and the glory of being seen

Joshua Walters

What the church can do about suicide in the U.S. military

Herman Keizer, Jr.

Cosplay and wearing our character

Maureen Herring

In defense of fast food

Tamara Hill Murphy

Why gardening is thriving in a convenience age

Karen Swallow Prior

Why Facebook can't cure – or cause – loneliness

Bethany Keeley-Jonker

Tattoos and resurrection

Paul Vander Klay

The injustice of gated communities

David Greusel

Breaking out of online echo chambers

Stephen P. Hale

Christmas is starting, not ending

Nathan Bierma

Is it stealing to occupy vacant homes?

Stephen P. Hale

The real 99 percent

Allison Backous Troy