By Tim Chermak For the ecclesiastically challenged out there, this guide’s for you. If you’re fed up with the color of the carpet, boring sermons, generic donuts, or the terrible lead guitar player at your current church, maybe it’s time to consider looking for another house of worship. Today’s church market is more competitive than … Continue reading Church Shopping 101: A Guide for Consumer Christians
By George Elerick Ben and Jerry’s is one of the biggest ice cream conglomerates in the world. Most know Ben and Jerry’s for their plethora of flavors and creative interactive buffet of items to add to their ice cream. It’s like Disneyland for the taste buds. This corner shop enterprise is a great metaphor for … Continue reading Hope for the Church in a Post-Postmodern World
By Adam McLane It started with a touch. While exploring a neighborhood, the pastor of a local church lead me into the yard of a very nice home. Rather, what was once a very nice home. The concrete home had crumbled during the quake. The outside walls fell first, then the second story partially collapses … Continue reading Discovering Faith Through Pain in Haiti
By Renee Johnson For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery. -Mark 7: 21 I looked up the word sex in the New International Version of the Bible, and it appears at least fifty-six times. Most of the references are found in Leviticus about abstaining from weird sexual … Continue reading Lets Talk About Sex
By Liz Bureman I have officially experienced the greatest church service of my entire life. And it happened in a men’s prison in Soroti, Uganda. On Sunday, after church, we climbed on a batch of bodas and rode off to the outskirts of town. A brief downhill ride later, we coasted into the Soroti government … Continue reading Ninety Minutes in a Ugandan Prison
By Ashley Huizenga Ashley Huizenga writes from Byron Bay, Australia, where she and a group of friends creatively shared the redemptive message of Jesus through cardboard signs: Byron Bay has been educational in finding new ways to approach ministry. The people here are mostly comprised of backpackers who come to get drunk. It’s a surfing … Continue reading Creative Gospel-Sharing: Eternal Hope on a Cardboard Sign
By Harold Vance Being in Christ, My perception is resurrected, Raised from the death of dim, dreary cynicism. I look at the world through new eyes. Where once I saw despair And sunk to the depths, Losing my humanity, Trading it in, Now I see hope Upon hope Upon hope … Continue reading In Christ: A Poem
By Jeff Goins, Editor I saw The Book of Eli the other night, and ever since, I’ve been telling all my friends to drop what they’re doing and go see it before it leaves theaters. It was that good. The visual effects are stunning, the story line is rich, and the plot is full of … Continue reading The Book of Eli: What We Think of the Bible
By Jeff Goins, Editor I met independent artist Matt Brouwer several months ago and really enjoyed getting to know him. In addition to hearing his heart about music, I was also able to hear him play “Come Back Around” live, and listen to his love for missions. We even chatted about artistic expression and social … Continue reading Beauty Lifts Us Off the Earth: Interview with Matt Brouwer
By Anonymous How better to convince someone who Jesus is than to show them the reality of what He has done in our own lives. I wouldn’t have a chance of matching wits with some of the scholars who have written numerous books on Jesus and the church. It is with heart and the painful … Continue reading Remedy for the Hurting Church