“Summer” Articles

These are a few of our favorite books.

When people are wary of the church, these places show us what community can be: parties, music, good food, experiencing a good story, and the careful art of negotiating communal relationships.

The nostalgia, wistfulness, and ache that Death Cab conjures up in the hearts of listeners is like no other.

Stand by Me takes viewers along on a quest that encapsulates coming of age; deep, transforming friendship; and the possibilities of a “summertime kind of life.”

Childlike play, choosing to have fun, is a demonstration of faith, that God is ruler yet.

Reflecting on summer vacation prompts me to consider just how ordinary poverty is for so many of my neighbors, literal and figurative.

Contemporary writer Curtis Sittenfeld gives Jane Austen a modern makeover, managing to miss the point of Austen’s work in the process.

Here’s what our writers are consuming this summer when they’re not writing.