Maybe having a shocking twist at the end isn’t actually the best indicator of a great story. By Drea Jenkins

A young woman wrestles with the tension between her love of the movies and a conviction that God wants her to do something “better” with her life. By Claire Nauman

The process of leaning into stories as you write them has surprising resonances with a life of prayer—and both offer startling openings into grace. By Christopher Hazell

The Italian filmmaker’s subversive work illustrates how we can interrogate power structures and winners’ narratives, even while working within the canon itself. By Michael O’Malley

Time travel may have started all in good fun, but its growing status as the only gimmick capable of saving humanity carries some troubling implications for what is being saved. By Charles Carman

When we return to beloved children’s books or discover new ones as adults, we make peace with our past selves and the people we’ve become. By Megan Foster