Always in Parables

Andy Crouch

Andy Crouch

Andy Crouch is an editor at large for Christianity Today. Before working for CT, Crouch was chief of re:generation quarterly, a magazine which won the Utne Reader's Alternative Press Award for spiritual coverage in 1999. He was formerly a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Harvard University. Crouch and his wife, Catherine, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard, have two children. His column, "Always in Parables," ran from 2001 to 2006.

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Stonewashed Worship
Churches are striving to appear 'authentic'—like the rest of consumer culture.
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Furrowed Brows Inc.
The culture war's biggest casualties may be Christian joy and hope.
Learning from Fools
Learning from Fools
The safe thing to do with power and possessions.
It's Not About Power
It's Not About Power
A unique and proven strategy for changing society.
Visualcy
Visualcy
Literacy is not the only necessity in a visual culture.
Compliant but Confused
Compliant but Confused
Unpacking some myths about today's teens.
When Backward Is Forward
When Backward Is Forward
Christmas may be the best argument against genetic enhancement.
Salt-and-Pepper Politics
Salt-and-Pepper Politics
Choosing between candidates whose consciences are too clean.
The Cruel Edges of the World
The Cruel Edges of the World
There are some places that bring the distant biblical text closer to our lives.
Pilgrims to Nowhere
Pilgrims to Nowhere
Freedom isn't much good if you don't have a sense of direction.
Glittering Images
Glittering Images
A profound Christian rethinking of power is overdue.
Before the Deluge
Before the Deluge
All of us have a sexual orientation that bends toward the self
Wrinkles in Time
Wrinkles in Time
Botox injections as a spiritual discipline
Rites of Passage
Rites of Passage
Self-improvement is our culture's most durable religion
Christian Esperanto
Christian Esperanto
We must learn other cultural tongues
We're Rich
We're Rich
But why is it so hard to admit?
Blinded by Pop Praise
Blinded by Pop Praise
"To see God high and lifted up, just open your eyes"
The Future Is P.O.D.
The Future Is P.O.D.
Multicultural voices have an edge in reaching a rapidly changing America
Rekindling Old Fires
Rekindling Old Fires
We can resist technology's chilling effects on how we spend time together
Interstate Nation
Interstate Nation
The national highway system is a lesson in how to transform a nation

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We must always be people of the Word, but we’ll have to reimagine deep engagement with Scripture.

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