By George Elerick Symbols have power. For some, symbols might hold something even deeper than a memory, maybe your identity. For those who follow the god of Wal-Mart, it might be the cheesy yellow pin with a grin on it. For those who follow the god of the Dallas Cowboys, your symbol might be the … Continue reading Is the Cross the Wrong Symbol for Christians?
By Sarah Fujimoto The Justice Project organizes itself by presenting different short chapters from various authors, collaborating to present a book full of opinions on justice related issues. Highlighted now is the segment entitled, Just Wealth. I’ve read many a books on justice, articles, short stories, numbing my brain on all of their information, specifically in this past year of graduate school … Continue reading Review: Just Wealth
By Seth Barnes, Founder of Adventures in Missions For a couple of years, I’ve been trying to write a book that addresses the subject of how our model of discipleship doesn’t look like how Jesus taught his followers. As I’ve studied the Master, I see him doing five things that most modern Christians don’t do. … Continue reading Jesus’ Five Secrets of Discipleship
By Dave Hopwood All attempts to define Christianity ultimately fail. They’re bound to. God is bigger than our words, pictures, books, names, stories, WWJD wristbands, festivals, revivals, speakers and lists of things. (By the way, did you know that DJWW stands for Does Jesus Wear Wristbands) All we have at the end of the day … Continue reading God’s Best Bit of Multi-Media
By Drew Park “I’m not a bad person, mister. I don’t know what happened… what I was thinking. It’s like I went insane or something. I guess I just wanted what everyone else had.” I heard these words this morning, before school, around 7:30 am. In front of me was a girl on the verge … Continue reading A Tale of Two iPods: Creative Ideas
By Brooke Luby I was sitting on an airplane the other day, flying back from visiting a friend in Colorado. Airplanes are the best places for me to think. I stare out the window, thousands of feet above the air, and think about my life. It’s like the physical height reflects my mental or spiritual … Continue reading Religion Is a One Night Stand
By Jesse Medina Who is to blame? That is the primary question that President of the Catholic League, Bill Donohue, is seeking to answer in his new book Secular Sabotage. And the answer? Secular liberals. Even more, it is a calculated war they are waging in their effort to destroy religion and culture in America. … Continue reading Book Review: Secular Sabotage
By Wrecked for the Ordinary Looking for a creative and unusual way to add meaning to this season of Advent that is just beginning? How about being a voice for the voiceless, bringing attention to social justice issues around the world through your words? If you’re a blogger, tweeter (twitterer?), or Facebook socialite, you can … Continue reading Children’s HopeChest: 1000 Voices Campaign
By Karen Swank This Thanksgiving morning finds me teary, overcome with the magnitude of God’s grace and mercy, in that He has, for His own reasons, chosen to make me an incredibly rich person. They have to be His own reasons; I know my story well enough to know the massive gulf between what I … Continue reading Thanksgiving: How Rich Are You?
By David Ryle We are, each of us, the inheritors of heresy. Every child, woman and man is the beneficiary of a prize won through countless demonstrations of heretical heroics and the daring exploits of truth-loving rebels who broke away and ventured out from the flock of accepted ideas, who willingly endured shame, punishment and … Continue reading Heirs of Heresy: How Heretics Change the World… for the Better