By calling or circumstance, millions in the “sandwich generation” feel the weight and cost of tending to aging relatives. Shanoah Bruner is among the quarter of American adults who find themselves in the “sandwich generation,” raising children under 18 and supporting aging parents. At her home in the Indianapolis suburbs, the 40-something mom lives with…

Speech was not God’s only miracle at Pentecost. The Spirit also gave the gift of understanding, overcoming division and contempt. Tongues of fire, everywhere. In this loud and furious age, a time of protests and counter-protests, words come burning, singeing, scalding, stinging. “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become…

For all his greatness, we should most seek to imitate the late pastor’s humility and indifference to fame. In spring of last year, many of us saw a photo of the late Timothy Keller sitting on a park bench. The photo was used on the cover of Collin Hansen’s biography of Keller, and it circulated…

Federal prosecutors are trying to prove that Bill Hwang committed massive market manipulation through his investment firm Archegos. His defense says he was trading like anyone else on Wall Street. Bill Hwang brought a book by Dietrich Bonhoeffer to court to read during jury selection. And during opening arguments on Monday, his Christian connections from…

It wasn’t only because of missionaries from the West, says a Tongan Australian theologian. Christian overseas missionaries were more successful in Oceania—the region spanning the Pacific Islands, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand—than anywhere else in the world. In particular, people in the Pacific Islands (which include Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Vanuatu, Tonga,…

Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s rivalry reveals our craving for controversy—and what’s lost when community is based on shared hatred, not love. This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Not since Tupac died have we seen the country quite as fixated on a feud between rappers. Over the past several weeks, artists Drake…

Mourning miscarriage means acknowledging the particular life that’s been lost. You’re young. You can try again,” the phlebotomist says as he sticks a needle in my arm. He’s drawing blood for tests that will confirm what ultrasounds are already saying: I am miscarrying. I recognize the young man’s attempt to offer comfort and receive it…

Postliterate people still need God’s Word, and online Bible ventures have found eager listeners. Suppose you agree that ours is an increasingly postliterate age. The average person, including the average Christian, is reading less, and Christians of all ages, especially the young, lack the basics of biblical literacy. Is that all there is to say?…