Human beings are bodies. This is much truer than saying we “have” bodies—as if we could do without them or leave them behind. We are also souls—unique and irreplaceable selves that exist in and beyond our physical nature. We don’t “have” souls any more than we “have” bodies. We are both, soul and body together, …
Five Books that Might Change the World with Andy Crouch
One book that shaped my imagination as a kid was Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. I read this novel about a friendship between a boy and a girl, interrupted by tragedy, at the dawn of my own adolescence. I remember sobbing at the end — the first time, I’m almost sure, I was …