Christian Living

“A scholar of Christian spirituality argues that prayers are meant to bring together a faith community – something apps aren’t likely to achieve.” - RNS

“Giving thanks provides perspective. Gratitude humbles us. It crushes pride and sweeps away entitlement.” - TGC

How It Ends, Part 5: Living in the Now—Diligent Occupation

“We speed past the questions that would help us get to know another person’s story and instead immediately look to the places of greatest difference and disagreement.” - Denison Forum

“Every year in the garden I witness life and death—and life again. And every season I watch God work in the mundane and the minuscule; my small garden whispers how wonderful he must be in the grand and glorious.” - TGC

“Birth rates in the United States dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic amid the twin public health and economic crises, lending evidence to predictions from early on in the outbreak that economic uncertainty might trigger a baby bust.” - Pew

“This year, we’re fascinated by a new entry in the read-through-the-Bible category, The NLT Daily Readers Bible… We think you, even as a longtime Bible reader, will find this new Bible to be a rich and valuable new reading experience.” - Jim Jewell

“I am going to give you answers to basic questions about identity from the only person who has the authority to answer them, the authority to tell you who you are: God himself.” - Ward

“It’s those with long experience who are in a position to “keep calm and carry on”—to focus on executing the fundamentals when it looks like the other team is just going to run up the score. To be the tortoise rather than the hare.” - Olinger

“Let’s face it, both marriage and child-rearing are difficult and often arduous tasks that requires more than many are willing to give in today’s hyper-individualistic world.” - Grayson Gilbert