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Drawing on Wendell Berry’s “A Vision,” this article explores how literature can shape a theological vision of creation, climate change, and hope. Through reflections on writers including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Richard Powers, it considers how stories can help us imagine creation not simply as something to preserve, but as a sacramental gift that calls us toward faithful care.

How does our understanding of what it means to be human shape the way we approach mental health? Drawing on her experience in psychology, counselling, and theology, the author explores how an integrated understanding of body, mind, and soul can help Christians approach mental health challenges with greater compassion. Through the Sanctuary Youth Series, she shows how theology and psychological insights can work together to support young people, foster meaningful relationships, and remind us that faith and mental health care are not in competition.

Why do some Christians resist environmental concern while others embrace it? Jonathan R. Wilson argued that attitudes toward creation care are often shaped by deeper beliefs about the incarnation, atonement, and eschatology. Recovering a fuller doctrine of creation, he suggested, can help Christians see environmental stewardship as a faithful response to the God who creates, redeems, and will renew all things.

What does it mean to follow Jesus when discipleship is often understood through knowledge, comprehension, and the ability to articulate faith? Drawing on Matthew’s call and his experience as the father of a son with Down syndrome, Andrew Barron challenges these assumptions. Andrew explores how people with intellectual disabilities can be recognized not simply as recipients of ministry but as full participants and teachers in the church. He invites us to see discipleship as rooted in embodied faith, dependence, grace, and belonging rather than intellectual ability.

In this interview, we learn from our neighbour and Indigenous elder, artist, and chef, Melaney Gleeson-Lyall. Melaney shares her story and reflects on bringing Indigenous history, culture, and spirituality into conversation with Christian faith. She discusses the Kairos Blanket Exercise and the power of storytelling through art and food to foster intercultural understanding. In this time of truth and reconciliation.

Now the sunflowers are summer’s skeleton, rattling their poverty...

As political polarization intensifies, how can Christians approach voting faithfully without being driven by fear, self-interest, or partisan loyalty? This article explores a biblical vision of political engagement rooted in service, justice, peace, and the common good. Drawing on Jesus’s ministry to the poor and oppressed, it challenges Christians to consider whose flourishing their political choices serve and to resist treating political opponents as enemies. Rather than endorsing a particular party, it offers a framework for transforming politics into an instrument of justice and peace.

Bruce and Carolyn Hindmarsh explore Regent College’s lasting influence on Protestant spiritual formation, tracing its history through the lives and teachings of J. I. Packer, James Houston, and Eugene Peterson. Reflecting on their own experience at Regent, they consider how the College has brought together rigorous scholarship, prayer, and personal spiritual growth. They also examine the convictions that have shaped Regent’s approach to theological education and its contribution to the wider Protestant world.

Gordon Fee explores how the Holy Spirit makes God’s presence known in and among his people. Tracing this theme throughout Scripture, he invites us to see spirituality not as something reserved for the exceptionally devout, but as the everyday reality of living in God’s presence.