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Interview with an Author
Hannah Stolze, an InStead Editor-at-Large, has written a new book, Wisdom-Based Business: Applying Biblical Principles and Evidence-Based Research for a Purposeful and Profitable Business. At […]
Corona Hermeneutics 2: Interpretive Frameworks
Editor’s note: For Corona Hermeneutics Part 1, see article linked to the left. The world is in the grip of a Coronavirus “pandemic.” Prominent political […]
Missional Congregations for a New Moral Landscape
The revivalistic style of evangelism originally popularized in the United States during the Second Great Awakening is no longer effective in much of North America. […]
“Me, I Do Wed”
Erika Anderson slowly made her way down the makeshift aisle atop an apartment building on an overcast, windswept summer evening in New York City, with […]
A Reflection on a Psalm Integrating Worship and Work
Psalm 9:7-10 The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment. He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity. […]
From Tech Critique to Ways of Living: Neil Postman was right. So what?
In his article, “From Tech Critique to Ways of Living,” Alan Jacobs writes that a number of authors have written some cogent descriptions of menace […]
Fear
The Virus has made it clear: Fear rules our lives inordinately. A friend related how, after months of isolation, she ventured out to a special-occasion […]
Trusting Scientists in the Covid Pandemic
The Covid pandemic is a social transformation unparalleled in my lifetime – and I am not a young man. It appears to be a perfect […]