Anne Snyder: More than anyone, Christians should be in the business of understanding the reality of people’s lives.

Alexei Laushkin: Why should Christians bother themselves with politics and public life? After all if the world is not our home and salvation is our chief concern, what use do we have for the realm of politics?

Nathan Hitchen: Sure, Jesus can meet you where you are and solve the problems you have. But if that’s your Jesus, it says more about you than about Jesus.

Lauren Bobbitt: The poetry of past and present provides a structure to enrich the season of preparation (updated daily).

Anne Snyder: “My Sisters the Saints” reverberates outward with its tale of one woman’s Christian pilgrimage, fueled and steered by six heroines of the faith.