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Funding to World Vision, Reflecting Pool Fiasco, and Tradwife Mania
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (468+ words) Illustration by Rick Szuecs / Source Images: George Marks / Getty / GPT Episode 293 | 45 min This week, the Trump administration announced that $2 billion will be given to faith-based organizations providing humanitarian aid, including World Vision, Samaritan’s Purse, and Compassion International. We’re re-airing a…...
Complicated Men and the Search for God
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (331+ words) Three books of fiction and poetry. This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. A few poems zoom out to indict a bloodier species of aggression, like that directed toward Cathars following the Council of Tours in 1163 and…...
80,000 Migrants Came and Went. Ceuta Pastors Keep Serving.
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1125+ words) Even as the headlines move away from the Spanish enclave, churches continue sharing the gospel and helping drug recovery. Members of the Guardia Civil USECIC on Tarajal Beach as they guard migrants who crossed the border between Spain and Morocco…...
Body Surveillance Shames What God Calls Good
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (606+ words) Even well-meaning assessments of Ariana Grande’s weight teach us to scrutinize each other—and ourselves. In 2012, an article for Hollywood Life invited readers to indulge their curiosity about a celebrity’s body: “Kate Bosworth Looks Scary Skinny—Too Thin? Vote.” It…...
India Halts Passage of Bill Targeting Christian Nonprofits
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (657+ words) India's new parliament building in New Delhi on July 22, 2024. Amid sustained pressure by Christian groups, the Indian government decided not to bring before Parliament a controversial bill that would have led to Christian organizations losing their properties. Instead, the Hindu…...
Blessed Are the Risk-Takers
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (454+ words) My husband and I had always told our little monkeys they could climb, but they’d need to be able to get down on their own. The boys were learning the limits of their bodies even as they often ventured a…...
Blasphemy Laws Are Blasphemy
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (828+ words) Detail from Jesus and the Pharisees by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld The old professor told his protégé, Ralph Elliott, that the controversy was his own fault, that he should have finessed the issues better. The mentor said the controversy was…...
Your Spare Bedroom Could Be A Blessing
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (1070+ words) In the midst of the housing crisis, Christians should open our homes to longer-term lodgers. Hannah Marie needed a place to live. Soon she’d be able to share a home with her new husband in Pennsylvania, where she was moving…...
Are Couch Surfers Homeless? Washington Is Divided
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (745+ words) A HUD count of America’s homeless population is far lower than the Education Department’s measure would say. Here’s why it matters. One number I haven’t dealt with in this series on homelessness in America: How many homeless people does the…...
Canadian Military Chaplains Can't Mention God in Public
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (643+ words) A new directive bans members of Canada’s military from using religious language at events. Members of the Canadian Forces training in Toronto, Canada on April 6, 2020. While Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seeks to make US military chaplains more explicitly religious, the…...