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What I'm Going to Miss Most about Singleness
I'm delighted to be marrying Jack. So what is this nagging anxiety about?
Dec 19, 2025
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How Purity Culture Fuels Diet Culture
Both aim to tame the body's natural appetites. A guest essay from Anna Rollins.
Nov 20, 2025
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The Most Disturbing Part of Elizabeth Gilbert's New Memoir
We need to talk about the woo idea of "Earth School."
Nov 6, 2025
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I Feel Sad about Emma Stone's New Face
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What Happened to the Q Conference?
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Confessing My Political Idolatry
Nov 6, 2024
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Why Shannan Martin Had to Leave Her Once-Beloved Church
Aug 29, 2024
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The Robert Morris Abuse Scandal Exposes the Idolatry of Ministry
Jun 18, 2024
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How the Old Boys' Club Ousted Karen Swallow Prior
Feb 29, 2024
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I Feel Sad about Emma Stone's New Face
If she was already stunning and still needed 'work done,' what hope do the rest of us have?
Oct 17, 2025
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When Political Violence Doesn't Fit Our Political Categories
We must aim higher than tallying 'the other side's shooters' to prove theirs is worse. We have a bigger, darker challenge at hand.
Oct 1, 2025
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You Asked, I Answered (about Book Publishing, Evangelistic Puppet Ministry, and Where to Find Hope)
An AMA to celebrate a Beaty Beat milestone.
Sep 25, 2025
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Let's Agree to Be Burdens to One Another
Medically assisted dying may be the rare issue that traditional and progressive Christians can speak out against in unison.
Aug 21, 2025
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Why Binary Thinking Persists After Fundamentalism
A conversation with Tia Levings, author of "A Well-Trained Wife."
Aug 7, 2025
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When Deconstruction Becomes a Brand
Once any spiritual movement becomes a hashtag #spiritualmovement, it can lose its power, and start to feel like the very thing it set out to repudiate.
Jul 17, 2025
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How Birdwatching Will Revive Your Soul
My favorite hobby teaches us to pay attention to the world as it really is.
Jun 12, 2025
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5 Follow-Up Notes on the Q Conference
Highlights from my recent conversation with Kaitlyn Schiess at the Holy Post.
May 16, 2025
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What Happened to the Q Conference?
How a gathering for common-good Christian leaders has seemingly embraced a more divisive, ideologically charged vision of cultural engagement.
Apr 10, 2025
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