Articles by Luke T. Harrington

Protip: when you’re too pious for monks, it might be time to dial it back a bit.

A lot of dumb things have happened in Church history and in the Bible—and it’s through the dumb stuff that God is at work.

Nicholas led his followers through the Alps, because when you’re leading a bunch of 12-year-olds, you obviously go full Hannibal.

Please understand that when I call drive-in theaters one of the worst ideas of all time, I’m speaking from direct experience.

If you’re wondering how someone can just declare himself pope, keep in mind that things in the church were way less formal back then.

Rather than framing our offense as a moral stance or an end in itself, we need to learn to frame it as an opportunity.

Since I’m not a historian, I’m going to tell you about the weird, possibly legendary, and super awkward stuff this guy did.

Despite the advent of stadium-style seating and auditorium-like worship halls, the simple, ancient pew endures.

The story goes that Hensley wandered out into the wilderness to seek God’s will, which he was pretty sure would involve snakes.

We devote huge amounts of time and energy guilting each other over what we eat.

With multiple popes in play, the people could freely listen to whichever pope was convenient for them at the time, sort of like national church-shopping.

The Crusades began with the medieval equivalent of drunk-texting an ex.

What does it mean when God gives you a dream—and then the dream dies?

The racism Peele is poking at in Get Out is a sort that’s proven difficult, if not impossible, to excise from American culture.

The people of Calcata continued to parade through the streets with the prepuce every January 1 almost until Return of the Jedi hit theaters.

It turns out church scandals and culture wars weren’t invented last week.