By Samira Gast A single band, or person, cannot just wake up one day and arrive at a level of super stardom that U2 has achieved. U2’s evident ability to create waves of global change has come and washed over our culture from the packed concert halls of downtown New York City to their work … Continue reading We Get To Carry Each Other: Gospel According to U2
By George Elerick There was this girl down the street from us who used to live in a cardboard box. A real verifiable cardboard box. She moved out when she was 16, she and her mom couldn’t get along after her dad left the family for another woman. Her world was wrecked. Her idea of … Continue reading Giving is the New Receiving
By Jonathan Griffiths In preparation for teaching from Mark 13:1-2, I’ve been thinking about the process of redeeming art. By art I mean the broad spectrum of creativity that humanity exhibits, be it on canvas, from an instrument, or hewn from materials to make an object that speaks our voice to others. Clearly, we are … Continue reading Redeeming Art
By Larry Bubb Read Why?: Part 1 – God is the Ultimate Chess Master The 1st couple chapters of the book of Job are a graphic example of the horrible things that can happen to someone. It would seem bad enough for those things to happen to the average human, but they happened to a … Continue reading Why?: Part 2 – The Problem of Pain
By Max Polson Your reign is like a yoke around my neck, you lay it upon me. But I let you; willingly I stand there and let you bind me. I cannot break from it; its grasp is too strong for me to break. The weight I can no longer bear, you won’t help me, … Continue reading The Bindings of Sin: An Allegory
By George Elerick Have you ever been in one of those moods where you just didn’t want to cook? Or there was nothing really appetizing eyeballing you in the refrigerator. So you opted for the fast food option. To be honest, that was our family’s motto growing up, we all loved our fast food runs. … Continue reading Vampire Christians: Jesus Is More Than the Cross
By Morgan McKeown I got the news the other day that Maswane (pictured below) died. At age 19, her life here on earth is over, stolen by AIDS. She desired to tell her story and let the truth be known. That’s why I’m writing. Our first day in Swaziland Pastor Gift told us about Maswane … Continue reading When the Poor Die
By Jeff Goins, Editor Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. (Genesis 12:1) We’re on a mission from God. (Elwood Blues) In the strictest sense of the word, the very first “missionary” mentioned in the Bible is … Continue reading The Blues Brothers and Being Missional
By Larry Bubb Why is it that every single line I get in, whether at the store or in traffic, ends up taking longer than all the other lines even though mine looks shorter? Why don’t guys ever ask for directions? Not many people realize the Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years because … Continue reading Why? Part 1: God Is The Ultimate Chess Master
By Sarah Fujimoto Entertainment. Defined by many definition sites as a source of diversion, taking attention away from the current focus or situation. Perhaps you are like me who has no shame in watching a sappy chick flick every once in awhile. Or maybe you are of the more refined type who prides themselves in … Continue reading To Save A Life: Movie Review