Faith
Scripture, ministry, and the everyday work of the spiritual life.
The One Mistake Christian Men Make With Fasting
Most men treat fasting as a discipline test instead of a posture of humility, and it changes what comes out the other side. Here is how to...
You Won't Believe How Few Christians Actually Fast Anymore
National surveys and church-level studies tell a uniform story. Regular fasting has nearly vanished from American Christian practice, even...
The Sabbath Is the Practice That Holds the Week
I tried daily quiet times for years. The practice that actually rebuilt my week was the Sabbath. Here is what I learned.
8 Spiritual Disciplines That Outlast Crisis
When life enters crisis (illness, grief, financial collapse, marriage failure), most spiritual practices collapse with it. Eight specific...
Nobody Is Telling You How Pastors Actually Burn Out
Pastor burnout rarely looks like a public collapse. It builds quietly through structural pressures most congregations never see, and the...
Church Attendance Is Not the Same as Discipleship
American Christianity has spent forty years measuring discipleship by Sunday attendance. The data has been telling us the metric is wrong....
Sabbath Is a Practice Most People Never Actually Try
A weekly day of rest is one of the oldest spiritual disciplines, and one of the most ignored. Here is what it actually looks like to keep...
Over 13,000 Adults Were Baptized at Easter in France and It Signals Something Bigger
More than 13,200 adults and 8,100 adolescents were baptized during the Easter Vigil in France this year, and the numbers point to a...
The Black Church Has Always Been an Economic Institution. That's More Important Right Now Than Ever.
Congregations across the country are turning Sunday worship into economic action. Faith-driven buy Black movements are reclaiming something...
Intergenerational Churches Are Becoming the Quiet Answer to Everything Christians Are Fighting About
Age-segregated church is showing its limits. The churches formally structuring adults and kids and teenagers to worship together are seeing...
Easter Vigil Adult Baptisms Surged Across Catholic Dioceses This Year
Diocesan reports coming in from around the country show significant jumps in adults entering the Catholic Church this Easter, continuing a...
The Unlikely Converts: Why Young Atheists Are Finding Their Way to Christianity in 2026
A growing number of young people who once dismissed religion entirely are walking into churches, exploring Orthodox traditions, and...
What the Bible Actually Says About Money, Enough, and the Trap of Always Wanting More
The prosperity gospel gets most of the attention, but scripture has a far more demanding and more honest conversation about wealth,...
The Sabbath Is the Most Countercultural Thing You Can Do Right Now
In a culture built around constant output, deliberately stopping is an act of defiance. The theology of rest is not a nice idea. It is a...
A New Prophet, Two New Apostles, and a Conference Centered on Family
The LDS Church's April 2026 General Conference installed Dallin H. Oaks as the 18th Prophet and President, called two new Apostles, and...
Faith Deconstruction Is Real. So Is the Return.
More Christians are walking away from the faith they grew up with. But the more interesting story is what happens next, and what churches...
Lifeway Research Just Released Nine Encouraging Trends for Global Christianity in 2026 and the Church Should Take Them Seriously
More than 2.6 billion people identify as Christian worldwide. Bible sales are up 41 percent since 2022. YouVersion recorded its highest...
Young Men Are Leading the Return to Faith. The Data Is Hard to Ignore.
For the first time in 25 years, young men are more religiously active than young women in the United States. New Gallup data breaks down...
209 Congregations Are Studying America's Founding Documents. Here's Why It Matters.
The Faith250 initiative is bringing together Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities to read the founding texts before the country's...
Apologetics Is Making a Comeback, and Gen Z Is Driving It
A generation raised on skepticism is now asking the hardest questions about the Bible and getting serious answers. Apologetics content is...
The House Church Movement Is Growing Faster Than Most Pastors Realize
More believers are forming small, homebound congregations without leaving their existing churches. The pattern is quiet, intentional, and...
Gallup Says Young Men Are Leading a Religious Revival. PRRI Says There Is No Revival. Both Can't Be Right.
A new Gallup poll shows 42% of young men say religion is very important in their lives, a 25-year high. A new PRRI study finds no evidence...
Young Men Are Quietly Walking Back Into Church and Nobody Saw It Coming
The conversation about faith and young adults has focused for years on who is leaving. What is getting less attention is a measurable shift...
Pope Leo XIV Calls Sunday Eucharist Indispensable For Christian Life, Reframing A Question Many Churches Have Stopped Asking
Speaking from St Peter's Square earlier this month, Pope Leo XIV said the Sunday Eucharist is indispensable for Christian life. The...