Taking Off and Landing: Explorations in the Moral Life
Myles Werntz, Amy Julia Becker, Bonnie Kristian, Kevin Still, Grace Hamman, Jen Pollock Michel, Joseph Lear, Zachary WagnerExamining the intersection of the Christian moral life and the church’s life in the world. Specializing in cold takes and nuance.
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Cold takes on the Christian moral life. Professor and author of ten books. Words in New York Post, Christianity Today, Christian Century, Comment, and on and on.
Author | Speaker | Podcast Host | I help people reimagine the good life through my writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture
Journalist and author of “In Defense of Evangelicalism,” “Untrustworthy,” and “A Flexible Faith.” Fellow at Defense Priorities and graduate of Bethel Seminary.
Gratitude enthusiast.
Medievalist, writer, podcaster, mom, wife. Author of the award-winning "Ask of Old Paths: Medieval Virtues & Vices for a Whole & Holy Life." I never use AI in any of my writing or creative work.
I am an author, speaker, writing mentor, wife, and mother—and never in that order. I write about faith and its habits, including the monastic practice called a rule of life.
Pentecostal pastor theologian (with vibes). I’m the first ever theologian in residence at the Geneva Christian Study Center at U Iowa. I teach at Northern Seminary. And I’m the Pastor of Preaching and Theology at Resurrection Assembly of God
Author, Men of Virtue (Brazos, 2026), Non-Toxic Masculinity (IVP, 2023); DPhil, New Testament, University of Oxford; husband to one; dad to three; Chicagoland native
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