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December 16, 2008

Light and Dark in Pop Culture: Insight from the unlikeliest of places

By Megan Twietmeyer I took a communications/media course once when I was in college. I went to a private Christian college, so the course dealt with Christians and how they should interact with media and pop culture. My professor said there were different levels of interaction with culture. I think there were five levels. Ignoring/avoiding, … Continue reading Light and Dark in Pop Culture: Insight from the unlikeliest of places

December 10, 2008

Porpoise-Diving Life: Interview with Bill Dahl

By Jeff Goins, Editor Bill Dahl started a site called The Porpoise-Diving Life and has authored a book by the same title, both of which have received a lot of attention on the web, and we wanted to pick his brain about it a little bit. Whats the deal with porpoise-diving? Whered you get the … Continue reading Porpoise-Diving Life: Interview with Bill Dahl

December 10, 2008

Thoughts On A Sad Day

By Mariah Secrest So brew the coffee strong, love Where bitter joins the sweet Where love and longing both collide And peace and clamor meet These words floated through my mind in the form of a song this morning as the sun slipped over the mountains. Today is the memorial service for the stillborn baby … Continue reading Thoughts On A Sad Day

December 10, 2008

A Sinless Life

By Dann Niegocki Somewhere along the path of growing up I fell, like so many others, into that wonderful land known as “sin management.” You probably know of the place, or at least have heard of it. I joined throngs of people trying to not do “those things,” which tended to be a list of … Continue reading A Sinless Life

December 10, 2008

God’s Promises and Messages In the Sand

By Naomi Silseth The ocean seems a perfect place for thinking. Something about the open endlessness and the never-changing, yet ever-changing waves lulls one into a meditative state of mind. This trip to the beach was no exception. Over the course of the first day, I had thought about a succession of subjects: from the … Continue reading God’s Promises and Messages In the Sand

December 10, 2008

Subverting Global Myths (Pt. 2)

By Zach Kincaid WRECKED: You bring to light this idea of Juergensmeyer’s about “email ethnicities.” How do we act in a world that is quickly becoming borderless? Do we fight for no side? Is everything leveled and no claims of justice able to be made… even if tainted? VR: It is a myth that the … Continue reading Subverting Global Myths (Pt. 2)

December 10, 2008

Book Review: Divine Nobodies by Jim Palmer

By Andrew Greenhalgh Author Jim Palmer‘s life has been anything but boring. The product of a seriously dysfunctional childhood, he overcame those challenges, finding Christ and getting into ministry through high school. That path led him higher and higher up the proverbial ladder until he found himself the pastor of a mega church and in … Continue reading Book Review: Divine Nobodies by Jim Palmer

December 9, 2008

Bless The Hands That Prepared This Food

By Onleilove Alston In July I attended the DC campaign kick-off for the Justice at Smithfield Campaign. Smithfield Foods is the largest pork processor and producer in the world, the fourth largest turkey processor and fifth largest beef processor in the U.S. In the early 1990s Smithfield opened its Tar Heel, North Carolina plant, with … Continue reading Bless The Hands That Prepared This Food

December 3, 2008

Eyes Wide Open: Praying under persecution

By Ben Girdler He looked at me and asked, “Eyes open?” I nodded, “Yeah, that’s fine.” I was having lunch with my Chinese friend Jim. I was in Central China and we were at the little restaurant in the front of the three-story Chinese Wal-Mart type store to enjoy a lunch together and for me … Continue reading Eyes Wide Open: Praying under persecution

December 3, 2008

Partisan Prayers

By Julian Newman One month today, we had a very highly contested Presidential Election. The winner and President Elect was Barack Obama who outpointed Senator John McCain. To the credit of both men, they were extremely gracious in victory and defeat giving beautiful speeches about unity, togetherness, and the future. Unfortunately, many of us that … Continue reading Partisan Prayers