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Disillusioned by my life of crime and excess, I walked into a prison chapel. I came out a new man.
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Your Likes Are But Dust
Social media leaves us dissatisfied. No wonder, according to Ecclesiastes.
What Dostoevsky Taught Me About Sending My Son to College
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I’m Estranged from My Parents. I Still Love Them.
Even when family ties are severed, God does not cut off his care.
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A Shiite and a Catholic Find Refuge—and Friendship—at Baptist Seminary Shelter
From war to ceasefire, two Lebanese men bond during a traumatic three months.
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The doctrine of God’s wise and sovereign governance doesn’t make history easy to interpret. It makes living through it endurable.
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The former Poet Laureate talks about despair, desire, and the divine.
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View archivesAs this issue hits your mailboxes after the US election and as you prepare for the holidays, it can be easy to feel lost in darkness. In this issue, you’ll read of the piercing light of Christ that illuminates the darkness of drug addiction at home and abroad, as Angela Fulton in Vietnam and Maria Baer in Portland report about Christian rehab centers. Also, Carrie McKean explores the complicated path of estrangement and Brad East explains the doctrine of providence. Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt shows us how art surprises, delights, and retools our imagination for the Incarnation, while Jeremy Treat reminds us of an ancient African bishop's teachings about Immanuel. Finally, may you be surprised by the nearness of the “Winter Child,” whom poet Malcolm Guite guides us enticingly toward. Happy Advent and Merry Christmas.
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My Drug Kingdom Collapsed. Then My Savior Found Me.
Disillusioned by my life of crime and excess, I walked into a prison chapel. I came out a new man.
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I Demolished My Faith for ‘My Best Life.’ It Only Led to Despair.
Queer love, polyamory, and drugs ruined me. That’s where Jesus found me.
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I Made Millions as a Porn Star. It Nearly Cost Me Everything.
My adult-film career destroyed my sense of self-worth, but God wouldn’t let it define me.
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When I Opened My Bible, God Gave Me a Magnifying Glass
I was a Sikh student worrying about my grades when my eyes were drawn in dramatic fashion toward the truths of his Word.
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My Deconstruction Turned to Deconversion. But God Wasn’t Anxious.
He pursued me patiently across decades, as I passed from fundamentalism to progressive faith to another faith altogether.
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