A “gate” (sha’ar’ in Hebrew) is read to mean a place where our inner life meets the outer world: metaphorically, our eyes, ears and mouths. We can shut them, we can open them. The world comes in ...

In his short but profound new book, ethicist David Gushee, a self-identified post-evangelical, writes especially for those who are exiting traditions in which they were raised, noting that “their ...