“In every organization, particularly in churches, there’s an invisible gravitational pull toward safety, sameness, and silence. … But a well-timed laugh? It slips past all those well-guarded defenses.

“…in response to Cultural Christians, Lewis would claim that while good-intentioned, the Cultural Christianity movement misses the point of Christ’s message. Those who want Christian Ethics without ...

“I was reminded of theologian Jonathan Tran’s reflections on why college matters: it is a sacred time, set apart for learning, a time suspended from ‘real life’ in a meaningful way. Or, at least, it ...