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Selfless Sexuality

Recognizing sex as more than a right, a remedy, or a reward

Rachel Joy Welcher

Deeply Curious

Fathom wants to sink deeply into the Christian faith. And we think curiosity and conversation are just the things to draw us into the depths. We ask questions, express wonder, linger over ideas, listen to opinions, and hear people’s stories. Come on in. The water’s fine.

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Issue 39

Article

The Peril of Praying in Jesus’s Name

Confident assurance does not make wrongly offered prayers right.

Jen Pollock Michel

3 min read time

Article

Let’s start with the pearls.

Rethinking how we use the word “modesty.”

Sandra Glahn

4 min read time

Article

Look her in the eyes when you say it.

How to talk to your daughter about masturbation and lust.

Lore Ferguson Wilbert

2 min read time

Article

In Which I Stop Saving Myself for Marriage

What's the real reason for chastity anyway?

Gregory Coles

3 min read time

Article

Delivering the Deliverer

Nurturing Life in the Face of Death

Caroline Smiley

5 min read time

Article

Fathom's Advent Reading List

Every advent piece we've published over four years

Various

1 min read time

Article

God-Bearer

I want to see the chapter that details Mary’s morning sickness.

Ash Parsons

3 min read time

Article

My Ten Favorite Reads of 2020

Make sure you’ve got these on your list.

Collin Huber

8 min read time

Article

The Empty Calendar

Being alone feels like falling off a cliff.

Elliot Ritzema

4 min read time

Article

On Being Held

Perhaps we don’t get the connection we crave physically here on this earth

Brooke Ledbetter

4 min read time

Article

Wellspring

A short story about the woman at the well.

Melissa Davis

10 min read time

Article

This poem is my speaking back.

An Interview with Jen Stewart Fueston

Aarik Danielsen

8 min read time

Short Story

The Celebrity I Worshipped from Afar

Heather Caliri

13 min read time

Article

The Heartbreak Cycle

Perhaps it’s time for a shift within our churches—not to turn away from caring for orphans, but toward caring better.

Crystal Kupper

5 min read time

Article

Problems with the Promise of Sex

An excerpt from <i>Talking Back to Purity Culture</i> by Rachel Joy Welcher

Rachel Joy Welcher

5 min read time

Article

Real Connection in a Tech-Saturated World

A review of My Tech-Wise Life by Amy and Andy Crouch

Lisa Cooper

4 min read time

Poem

Oma and Opa's Garden

A poem

Jolene Nolte

1 min read time

Article

The Only Guilty Pleasures

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

3 min read time

Article

Only the Lonley

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

4 min read time

Article

Keep Your Lights Up

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

3 min read time

Article

My Favorite Sentence of the Year

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

4 min read time

Poem

the rekindlement

A Poem

Blake Griffin Edwards

1 min read time

Article

A Time to Remember

His life exemplified beauty in imperfection.

Rick Jebb

6 min read time

Article

All Saints: Mary Oliver

The (Dis)content

Aarik Danielsen

5 min read time

Article

All Saints: James Baldwin

The Dis(content)

Aarik Danielsen

4 min read time

Article

Spotify Playlist | Purity

A soundtrack for this issue of Fathom Mag.

Fathom Editors

0 min read time

Article

Too Holy to Hide

Finding that my Body is Already Loved by God

KJ Ramsey

4 min read time

Article

Purity isn't for me.

A purity much bigger than my virginity.

Aszia Pearson

6 min read time

Article

What Not to Say

Teaching Our Children Purity Without Purity Culture

Camden Morgante

6 min read time

Poem

Liturgy for a Pandemic Christmas

Jessica Merzdorf

3 min read time

Article

The God of Horror

By forcing us to confront evil, horror draws us closer to God.

Greg Rapier

4 min read time

Article

Moments of Meaning

Maybe life is meaningful because God made it so.

Cameron Brooks

4 min read time

Article

What if the miracle is right around the corner?

Hannah Lang

4 min read time

Article

A Vial of Holy Water

Mark Anthony

6 min read time

Poem

December 11th

An excerpt from Advent: a thread in the night by Evan Welcher

Evan Welcher

1 min read time

Poem

Illumination

A poem

Julie Sumner

1 min read time

Article

Christianēse

Have you been listening?

Fathom Editors

0 min read time

Poem

Pillars of Light

A poem

Michael Lentz

1 min read time

Poem

Saddle Shoes

A poem

Mary DeMuth

2 min read time

Poem

Childcraft

A poem

Sandee Finley

1 min read time

Poem

Bruises

A poem

Kelli Lage

1 min read time

Poem

The Symbols' Crash

A poem

Peter Spaulding

1 min read time

Poem

Compost

A poem

Laura Kauffman

1 min read time

Article

The Misplaced Hope of #CancelChristianity

How a misguided movement provides an opportunity for Christians

Charonda Woods

3 min read time