Browsing through shops around Christmas can be a distressing experience. Here in Finland, they have been invaded by an army of elves, polar bears — and unicorns. Nativity scenes, angels and little decorative churches commonly sold in this season have all disappeared.

Julia Boehme started every day by checking the stars and the charts. However, now she warns: Don’t be as crazy as I was.

Imagine one day: you wake up, go to university, and eventually get baptised in the lake. All on the same day. A new documentary shows the revival that is going on among youngsters in the USA. Or is it not an awakening? Joost Fidder offers a review of The Revival Generation.

Universities should have kindergartens to facilitate students with children. This is no joke, says demography expert Gudrun Kugler, since one of the main problems in our world is that people wait too long before motherhood.

Believers in Babel have a calling, says philosopher Egbert Schuurman.