It is difficult to think clearly about Francis of Assisi. The first thing that comes to mind is the gentle saint who preached to birds, tamed wolves, and padded about in flower-filled fields basking in the love of God. But it’s also difficult to imagine how such a benign figure could turn thirteenth-century Europe upside down. Read this article online.
Dan Osborn dares to wonder why some prominent Christians don’t persevere. As painful as the topic is, he rightly warns us not to ignore...
In this issue we turn our attention to our treatment of “the flesh,” the third member of what has been called “the unholy trinity.”...
Most of us live our daily existence in denial of the possibility of death. Yet how does an awareness of our mortality affect the...