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Competence Is Deeper Than Confidence
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (955+ words) Years ago, one of our summer college interns told a hilarious story about a highly embarrassing moment in her senior year of high school. Prior to prom each year, her high school hosted a fundraising event where seniors modeled dresses,…...
Australia's Teen Social Media Ban Isn't Perfect. But It's Helping Analog Families.
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1288+ words) The Elachi family at the Sydney Harbour Bridge on December 10, 2025, the day of the social media ban. The sign behind them reads, "Let Them Be Kids." Dany Elachi recently drove to his local bike repair shop in Sydney, Australia, hoping…...
Will the Church Enter the Guys' Group Chat?
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (472+ words) Despite the loneliness, mistrust, and anger coursing through American social life, young men have at least one institution they can still rely on: the male group chat. But there's another side of the group chat'one that headlines on digital isolation…...
What's the Point of Education in an Age of AI?
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (937+ words) Now through 4/4 save on CT and CT Pastors. Learn more. American middle and high school teachers face challenges recognizable to educators of just about any era: overcrowded classrooms, disruptive students, plagiarism and other cheating, and parents who are more obstacle…...
Low-Tech Parenting Must Be a Big Tent
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (904+ words) Last year, I was sitting at a conference with folks I had "known" for a while online but had just met for the first time in person. In a sense, we were already acquainted'I read their writing, they read mine'and…...
The Weekend 03/21/26
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (510+ words) This edition is sponsored by Cru To those who wanted to honor civil rights and care for the poor but couch their concerns in vague generalities about "the divine," Perkins thundered, "Jesus!" And to those who wanted to keep the…...
Justin Heap: The Rollercoaster of Growing Up in a Traumatic Family Situation
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (162+ words) Illustration by Amy Jones Episode 101 | 30 min Executive Produced by Erik Petrik and Mike Cosper Senior Producer: Matt Stevens Associate Producer: Mc Kenzie Hill Edited and mixed by Jim Eckes Theme song by Dan Phelps Emmanuel Nwachukwu in Abuja, Nigeria Instead,…...
Motherhood Was Supposed to Be a Slog. I Found Joy Instead.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1950+ words) Now I'm learning to navigate a season of joy faithfully'and with open hands. This evening we are at the park. My son collects sticks and rocks and tennis balls and trash, dirt on his pants, drool on his shirt. He…...
The Prosperity Gospel of Comfortable College Grads
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1235+ words) The gospel is good news. Good news, as Martin Luther taught the church, comes in the form of a promise. It is not law, which binds us to our past; it is promise, which opens up our future. It declares,…...
Parenting Takes Courage. These Books Offer Hope.
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (194+ words) Christianity Today Laurie Krieg (Author), Dan Allender (Foreword), Matt Krieg (Contributor) Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World lays out how to teach our kids a biblical sexual ethic without ever losing sight of the gospel or the freedom…...