2024’s Top Articles

15. In Defense of Chastity by Erik Varden
Is the church’s teaching on sex unnatural?

14. The Body She Had by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
If only her parents had been spared the terrible freedom of having to choose whether to have a child with a disability.

13. A Father’s Final Gift by Klaus Bonhoeffer
Days before his execution by the Nazis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s brother sent his children this letter.

12. The Workers and the Church by Sohrab Ahmari
What happened to the Christian tradition of supporting workers’ rights?

11. Why We’re Still Atheists by Katja Hoyer
Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall fell, few places are as secular as the former East Germany. A German asks why.

10. Sit There and Shut Up by Zac Koons
What is the best way to support someone who is suffering?

9. Computers Can’t Do Math by David Schaengold
The human mind is a marvel that no machine has matched.

8. Simple Steps to Combat Smartphone Addiction by Tara Isabella Burton
Finding technology and habits that make life better, not worse.

7. ChatGPT Goes to Church by Arlie Coles
Should large language models write sermons and prayers?

6. Hummingbirds Are Wondrous by Zito Madu
Everyone who has admired the hummingbird has one particular bird in mind. My hummingbird came to me in Los Angeles four years ago.

5. Does Teaching Literature and Writing Have a Future? by Phil Christman
Learning that one’s job might soon be eliminated by the emergence of an overhyped new technology puts one in good company.

4. Why I Went Cold Turkey on Political Theology by Alastair Roberts
Reading the Gospels out of delight in them, rather than as fodder for political argument, was like breathing fresh air.

3. It’s Getting Harder to Die by Lydia S. Dugdale
When medical tech can keep us alive, families face tough choices.

2. The Case for Not Sanitizing Fairy Tales by Haley Stewart
Fairy tales are the best way for children to learn that the world contains evil, violence, and danger.

1. The Autonomy Trap by James R. Wood
Is commitment just for suckers? A conversion story.