Readers Choice Nominees 2023

Todd Hall: A Psychological-Theological Paradigm for Spiritual Transformation

Watch Todd Hall's lecture from Exploring Personhood: Human Formation.

Todd Hall

Kristin Kellen: A Response on Human Formation

Watch Kristin Kellen's talk from Exploring Personhood: Human Formation.

Kristin Kellen

Luke Bretherton: Forming the Common Life

"You can never secure yourself. You are dependent on God. You are dependent on others," says Dr. Luke Bretherton.

Center for Faith and Culture

Winning Bets, Losing Your Soul: The Perils of Sports Gambling

The rise in sports betting has massive implications, not only individuals’ financial situations but also their formation as humans.

Gabe Magan

Human Formation: A Recap of the Exploring Personhood Conference

Zach Davenport

The Dangers of Love in HBO’s “The Last of Us”

Love, like every other human impulse, can spoil. 'The Last of Us' highlights this truth, which C. S. Lewis wrote about decades before.

Aaron Earls

Sports as a Way to Connect

I’m learning to care about even sports as a way to love my neighbor and build community.

Megan Dickerson

A Simple Method to Reconnect Science and the Church

A Scientific Formula for Missions “It is the duty of every child of God to seek constantly to […]

Drew Rick-Miller

For Everything There Is a Season: On Fandom, Futility, and the Wisdom of Ecclesiastes

Why do we recognize the seeming futility of being a fan of a flailing team, and yet stay plugged in and invested?

Chet Harvey

Baseball and the Meaning of Life

What if instead of trying to fix baseball, we started letting baseball fix us.

Kyle Rapinchuk

Fly Me to the Moon: Missional Ventures in Outer Space

We should dream now about the missional opportunities that are coming.

Stephen Stallard

Working and Keeping: Seasonal Lessons in my Life as a Flower Farmer

In the gritty and often solitary work of farming, God has met me in some powerful ways.

Becky Hatfield