Kara Bettis
Christianity Today
Boston, MA, United States
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Past articles by Kara:
A Poet for ‘Bruised Evangelicals’
Malcolm Guite has found himself a sort of tribal elder for younger generations of Christians. → Read More
I got COVID-19 a week before Christmas. Testing sites were slammed — here's how I managed to land an appointment.
Kara Bettis tried several CVS locations and her local health center in Boston before finally finding a clinic online that took walk-ins. → Read More
Gary Chapman Doesn’t Know He’s Famous
The top-selling author’s love language books have transformed millions of lives—except, maybe, for his. → Read More
Capturing the Transcendent Heartbeat of Jerusalem’s Christians
Local photographer Ofir Barak documents the worship of the city’s religious stewards. → Read More
Christian Singles Aren’t Waiting for Marriage to Become Parents
As more unmarried women and men foster and adopt, how can the church provide what some nontraditional families cannot? → Read More
Twitterpated: How Christians Find Love on a Divisive Site
It’s hard to meet people at church these days. Can social media help fill the gap? → Read More
Is It Appropriate to Have the Easter Bunny in Church?
Experts respond. → Read More
This Church Model Thrives in Post-Christian Contexts
Missional communities seek to broaden our understanding of what it means to be a local church. → Read More
Master’s Seminary Grad Takes Kanye’s Crowds to Church
How the pastor of a small, nondenominational Bible church ended up in Kanye’s circle. → Read More
Carving Out a Niche for Micro-Congregations
A new wave of designer ministries isn’t about attracting people to “big church.” → Read More
Are Christians Too Confident in Their Churches’ Response to Abuse?
Experts respond. → Read More
The Embodied Church in a Digital Age
Should we cheer or moan when online churches perform virtual baptisms? → Read More
Working When It Hurts
Kara Bettis explores how those suffering from chronic illness think about faith and work, and how they are finding ways to serve God and neighbor. → Read More
The 4 Great Challenges of Christian Counseling
Pastors must prepare to bear these burdens as they meet with parishioners. → Read More
Survey: pastors’ wives often feel disconnected, isolated
When a pastor is burning out, many times a board of elders or deacons form a support system. Ofte... → Read More
Donna Gaines: Showing neighborly love through literacy
Born and raised in the “birthplace of Rock ‘N Roll,” Donna Gaines returned 25 y... → Read More
How Refugees Revived One White Iowa Church
Meet the congregation that traded in a homogeneous heritage for a diverse future. → Read More
Instagram account RDU Baton is ‘a love letter’ to the Triangle
Laney Tipton and Toni Chester are the very definition of young professionals in the Triangle – they’re fun, laid-back and prefer to spend their weekends exploring new breweries or restaurants in their beloved cities. → Read More
Eagle Scout’s project challenges pups, mixes it up for parents
When Lucas Hughes brainstormed his final community project to earn his Eagle Scout rank with Troop 365, he knew two things: he wasn’t going to build a bench, and it had to relate to dogs. → Read More
Donor drive rallies support for ailing judge
For attorney and Chapel Hill resident Dani Toth, Superior Court Judge Carl Fox is a family friend and former boss. → Read More