About Brett McCracken

Brett McCracken is a senior editor for The Gospel Coalition and a leading voice at the intersection of faith, culture, and the arts.

For two decades he has written articles and books that have helped Christians love the church, understand cultural trends, and engage the arts with thoughtful appreciation and biblical discernment. In recent years his focus has been on how the digital age shapes souls and erodes wisdom. This emphasis began with his influential 2021 book, The Wisdom Pyramid, followed by a co-edited project in 2025, Scrolling Ourselves to Death. His newest book, The Wisdom of Sleep(Zondervan Reflective, 2026), doubles as a theological reflection on rest and a critique of our optimization-obsessed technological moment.

Born and raised in Tulsa and Kansas City, Brett attended Wheaton College (IL) before venturing west to California, where he received an M.A. at UCLA (Cinema & Media Studies). He’s called Southern California home ever since. From 2008 to 2017 he worked at Biola University, where he met and married his wife Kira. The week he met Kira was also the week Brett’s first book, Hipster Christianity, was released. He invited her to the book-release party and she came. The rest is history!

Brett and Kira now live in Orange County, where they are raising four delightful young children and attend church at Southlands Church Santa Ana.