Trevin Wax

The story behind ‘The Lord Is My Light,’ a daily liturgy for prayer, now available in print and as a forthcoming podcast.

Four lessons from a 1679 sermon for today’s Christians tempted to despair. The night is real, but so is the dawn.

Here are three of the biggest doubts about Christianity I’ve wrestled with, and the arguments that draw me back.

A lesson for the church today, inspired by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s disappointment in a Western diplomat’s article in ‘Pravda.’

A trip down memory lane, looking back at 20 years of writing online.

In considering this question, I review two books on angels—one that takes a minimalist approach and one that’s more expansive in speculation.

On recent reports of young men abandoning evangelicalism for Eastern Orthodoxy because the worship is more ‘masculine.’

On the ongoing sex-abuse scandals in the church and why it is right to pray for the Lord to bring justice.

My counsel for Christians tempted by acedia—a weariness of soul and spirit of apathy—that often shows up in midlife.

The beauty of a wedding and of the gospel overtones that show up in our ceremonies to mark the beginning of a marriage.

A counterintuitive truth: We think wrongdoing toward others is the result of hate, when often, hate toward others is what follows wrongdoing.

A guide to the best collections of historic Christian prayers—and the books that helped shape ‘The Lord Is My Light.’

What we lose when spiritual disciplines become mere techniques for self-optimization.

The most neglected evangelistic activity in your church is also the most available one. Anyone can do it. Anyone can start today.

The health of a denomination is found in its understory—the unnoticed, relational work that never makes headlines.