Today, we kick off a four-week series on churches and faith in rural America. Our first essay is by Pastor Erik Carlson, who wrote about leading a rural church through a season of change.

Acclaimed writer Marilynne Robinson asks: What would one expect to see if America was a Christian nation? The answer may surprise us.

Multicultural congregations can succeed if they undergo a process of transformation.

In this interview, Patrice Gopo discusses her essay collection titled All the Colors We Will See: Reflections on Barriers, Brokenness, and Finding Our Way.

In her research, Jennifer Beste discovered that college students are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with hookup culture on campus. Can Christian ethics, focused on mutuality and justice, provide an alternative?

In our final interview with 2017-18 Resident Scholars, Reid Locklin discusses his research on Hindu missionary movements.

Is monastic life useful, or a waste? In his spiritual memoir, Trappist brother Paul Quenon shares wisdom of a "useless life" spent dedicated to God.

Learn about new books by authors affiliated with the Collegeville Institute, including Icons and the Liturgy, East and West, Holy Wind, Holy Fire, and Planetary Solidarity.

In this series, we highlight books we think our readers may enjoy, written by authors affiliated with the Collegeville Institute. Learn about new titles Soul Tending, The Middle of Things, and Meteor Shower.

Flannery O'Connor once wrote that, no matter what form a dragon may take, any story of depth will deal with a "mysterious passage past [the dragon], or into his jaws."

A new poem about fatherhood by Andrew Taylor-Troutman.

A poem by Janet R. Kirchheimer, participant in the summer 2010 writing workshop, Believing in Writing: Poetry, Prose, & Prayer.