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While this film doesn’t trace how segments of the church ended up with a culture of toxic masculinity and prevalent sexual abuse (there are resources for that on the film’s website), it does extend an implied call for accountability. What we see in For Our Daughters is case after case, story after story, of women reporting abuse and their abuser getting away with it, often in a very public manner. Men in pastoral leadership roles maintained their positions even after…

Imagine being in a room with a biologist, a pastor, and a theologian, where you can freely ask any questions about evolution, and they each provide honest, thoughtful responses based on their unique perspectives. This is precisely what occurs in What About Evolution? A Biologist, Pastor, and Theologian Answer Your Questions, authored by April Maskiewicz Cordero, Douglas Estes, and Telford Work. In this short (about 100 pages) question-and-answer book, the authors present a nuanced and thoughtful dialogue between science, theology,…

As old institutions across America struggle for relevance today, this important book reminds us that there are simple things we can do to help preserve at least one of them: avoid buying books from a faceless algorithm and, instead, visit local bookstores where real people, most of them readers themselves, curate real shelves stacked with real books in a real bookshop. 

Wright and Bird contend that we will not have an adequate account of Christian political witness if we do not keep together the cross and the kingdom.

. . . the movie presents Bonhoeffer’s overall witness and life in public theaters across the country to many thousands who may have barely known his name, much less his influence in theology and faith formation over recent decades.