Taking Off and Landing: Explorations in the Moral Life
Myles Werntz, O. Alan Noble, Bonnie Kristian, Ashley Hales, Jen Pollock Michel, Grace Hamman, Kevin Still, Joseph Lear, C. Christopher Smith, Amy Julia Becker, Kyle Strobel, Yi Ning Chiu, Katherine Cooper Wyma, 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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What’s the moral life about? Let’s find out. Author/editor of ten books in theology/ethics. Words in Christianity Today, Christian Century, Comment, and on and on.
Author of "To Live Well," “You Are Not Your Own,” and “On Getting Out Of Bed,” published by InterVarsity Press. Prof English at Oklahoma Baptist University. Writing about humanism, culture, and faith.
Author of “In Defense of Evangelicalism” (forthcoming 2026), “Untrustworthy,” and “A Flexible Faith.” Deputy editor at Christianity Today and fellow at Defense Priorities. Opinions here are mine.
Editorial Director at CT, PhD, author, cofounder of Willowbrae Institute. Beauty Leads the Way is about the renewing work of a Christian imagination. More at aahales.com and willowbrae.org
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.
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.
Gratitude enthusiast.
I’m a Pentecostal pastor theologian (with vibes) who wants theology to invite the local church into its heart—and vice versa. I write about how the Spirit’s still resurrecting things, and how to slow burn your faith.
Senior Editor, The Englewood Review of Books. Resource Coordinator for The Cultivating Communities project. Author: Slow Church (co-authored with John Pattison), Reading for the Common Good, and How the Body of Christ Talks.
Author | Speaker | Podcast Host | I help people reimagine the good life through my writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture
A theologian, preacher, and writer focusing on spiritual formation, theology, and faithfully witnessing to Christ in this present evil age. Subscribe to wrestle through deep things about life in the Spirit.
Hope for community in an age of alienation
Lover of books, coffee, teaching, and my children. PhD in 16th c. Literature and Inklings scholar. Writing about most of those things and probably a few others as well.
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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