Call it the “Christmas cloud”—that unwelcome shadow suspended over many in December. For the Christian, it’s hard to admit.

It’s audacious, really, to celebrate Christmas, to sing “Joy to the World” in the midst of war. We can, though, for we know ...

Explore more newsletters —don’t forget to start your free 60-day trial of CT to get full access to all articles in every ...

A friend’s request for a rent check called my dual loyalties into question. Both parties are enmeshed in an ongoing identity ...

Advent reminds us that no matter how dark we might sense the world to be, we are known and seen by the God who so wonderfully ...

I was a memory-verse A-lister, Bible trivia ace pastor’s kid. A crisis of faith brought me to read Scripture anew.

I live in that dark land. I am both a creation and a creator of it. Yet if I admit that the darkness dwells within me, I am ...

Jesus did not despair. He was not confused. He did not seek vengeance. He even instructed one who drew a sword in his defense ...

Gift yourself unlimited access and save 50% on a full year. Offer ends Cyber Monday.

The eerie thing was, as I gazed upward at the brilliant spectacle, the immediate darkness in which I stood was just as ...

Every year, Christmas enters my life like the final page of a novel, where all the dark years and dashed expectations give ...

Christmastime has arrived in all its luster, but I’m having one of those nights when sleeping has become a wild ambition. The ...