Christian Women Worldwide Are The Most Religious

CULTURE WARS

When the Abortion Doctor I Protested Was Killed by a Sniper
The shaken conscience of a pro-life activist.
Karen Swallow Prior
The phone rang shortly after midnight on October 24, 1998. My husband answered, waking me after hanging up. "Channel 4 just called," he said. The usual evenness of his voice was broken by a whisper of urgency. "Barnett Slepian was shot. He just died at the hospital." I couldn't comprehend if I was awake or asleep. "They want you to come into the news station first thing in the morning." The fog slipped away. This wasn't a bad dream. It was a nightmare... continue reading >>

Her.meneutics Raising Ramona in 21st-Century Portland What Beverly Cleary taught me about childhood worries. D. L. Mayfield, guest writer

The Exchange The Trap of Tradition Don't substitute the things we know for the things of God. Ed Stetzer

The Local Church The Introvert's Guide to Surviving Church Greeting Time It turns out church services aren't solitary affairs. Ugh. Now what? Cort Gatliff

Interview Presenting an Awkward Chat Between Sammy Rhodes and Jon Acuff That moment when two Christian authors talk Twitter, comedy, writing, and guilty-pleasure foods. Interview by Jon Acuff

Gleanings Christian Women Worldwide Are The Most Religious ... and the Most Persecuted Thousands of US churches urged to 'stand with the persecuted' this Sunday. Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra