I’ve spent the past week in Spain wandering through winding cobblestone streets, drinking a ton of café con leche, and learning about Catalonia’s long, complicated relationship with the rest of Spain. It turns out this is European history I never learned in school. The Catalan people have a deep and...

Naming your child after someone you know carries a significant weight.

I was reading through Luke's genealogy record recently (those verses that everyone loves) and one name in particular stood out to me. Luke's version focuses on a genealogy through Joseph to Jesus, and it runs through King David'...

I'm going to give you a sentence, and I want you to consider whether you think it is true or false. It's about a rule in baseball that you may not be aware of. Ready?

If a player catches a baseball with their hat, the batter automatically gets three bases.

This means that if an outfielder acci...

I recently saw a video about how much sawdust you can put into a Rice Krispies treat before people notice. There's something hilarious about this entire premise, and I was hooked.

Here is what the experiment revealed about different concentrations: 

• 15% sawdust: At this level, an average perso...

If you're a Christian, you've likely been taught the value of things like submitting to authority, or turning the other cheek, or trusting that your reward is in Heaven. While those things can be part of a healthy life, they can also conveniently be used for harm.

I don't think we talk enough about...

I've been reading an advanced copy of Diana Butler Bass' upcoming book, A Beautiful Year (accompanying podcast episode coming soon!). In it, she offers an insight into first-century fishing that I hadn't heard before.

In ancient Rome, you didn’t work for yourself. You didn’t scroll through LinkedIn...

Somewhere along the way, Christians started singing, preaching, and declaring a mantra that sounds pious on the surface but is actually deeply destructive: “We don’t deserve God’s love.” I hear it regularly in worship services. But let’s pause and ask the obvious question:

Why don't we deserve God’...

The Apostle Paul once wrote to the church in Rome about food.

At that time, some believers felt free to eat meat that had been sacrificed to idols, while others were convinced this was sinful. It was the same church community gathered because of the same gospel, but it was producing two wildly diff...

Recently I've heard that people on the left are more intolerant of differing opinions than people on the right. And here’s the thing: I actually think that’s true. But not for the reasons you might think. 

Let me explain.

If you set a left-leaning society next to a right-leaning society, something...

One of my favorite theologians, David Bentley Hart, recently made a fascinating admission. Hart is an Eastern Orthodox theologian and writer known for his brilliant prose, biting wit, and provocative takes on faith and culture. Here's what he wrote:

The best designation I seem able to come up wit

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