Loon's linkage (July/August '11)

• Rebecca Stringer on what NOT to say to a grieving parent (and thankfully, what TO say)
• Brett McCracken on lessons learned since his days as a Wheaton College freshman
• Rachel Held Evans on 13 things she won't do this election season
• Jamie Smith compares post-Protestant skepticism and Catholic doubt
• Ellen Painter Dollar on the valuable but complex role of personal stories in discussions concerning reproductive ethics
• Tim Keller on a preacher's call to evangelize while edifying, as well as edify while evangelizing
• Napp Nazworth on why a willingness to compromise does not mean you have given up on your principles
• Paul Loeb on flawed heroes, Greg Mortenson (Three Cups of Tea), and the "perfect standard trap"
• Michael Patton on the spectrum between Christianity's theological essentials and non-essentials
• Elaine Storkey on the life of egalitarian pioneer Katherine Clark Kroeger