Embodying the gospel Margie and I heard Luke Bobo—no stranger to the pages of Critique—speak on this topic and hoped to publish his talk.…

Studies in leadership Doris Kearns Goodwin is the best sort of historian: a careful scholar who teaches by telling compelling stories. In Leadership in…

Welcoming Muslims Everyone knows that immigration is a divisive topic today. In America, Europe and beyond massive numbers of people are on the move…

The Reason for No God My first thought upon picking up Stephen Hawking’s 2018 book, Brief Answers to the Big Questions is that it is…

“I’d like to move next February,” my mother told me. She looked me in the eye intently and repeated herself. “I’m going to move…

During the seven years that I studied and worked in Washington, DC, I became familiar with a notorious term: “The Beltway.” If you have…

In every age and generation and culture Christian belief and practice has been challenged. That’s only to be expected since Christianity, following Christ who…

Last month I sat in a coffee shop in Portsmouth, NH —if you are ever in that lovely coastal city do have coffee at…

Knowledge isn’t enough I’ve noticed recently that I hear a lot about expertise and being knowledgeable or informed, but I rarely hear anyone talk…

In his The New Copernicans: Millennials and the Survival of the Church, cultural analyst, social-impact consultant, and author, John Seel, draws attention to a…