By Aaron Daffern Grow up and be responsible. Get a good education, get married, and provide for your family. Hopefully, if all works out well, you’ll have 2.5 kids and be mortgaged up to your eyeballs. At least, that’s how it’s supposed to work, right? Aren’t we taught as kids to fit in? Don’t we … Continue reading A Christian Defense of Irrationality
By Hannah Neumann I recently read a very thought-provoking article titled “Slumdog Tourism“. Basically, it’s the thoughts of an African man (who grew up in a Nairobi slum) on the phenomenon of “slum tourism”. He explains that there has been a recent increase in the numbers of American and European “tourists” (I think that this … Continue reading Poverty as Entertainment?
By Anonymous The body is one, but made of many parts. Most believers buy into this, and yet, we forget that bodies only function well when all the parts are connected and work together. I believe that this is the best argument for why I should choose into a church. I need to join my … Continue reading Body of Christ: Confessions of a Flopping Foot
By Curtis Honeycutt Dear “Wounded”: Just the mention of the word “church” leaves a bad taste in your mouth and may cause you to throw up in your mouth a little. You recall old scars that you’ve been trying to cover up for years. I get that. At some point (or maybe for much of … Continue reading Open Letter to those Wounded by Church
By Seth Barnes, Jr. “After both my parents died, my aunt took care of me. And then she brought me here.” Magdala‘s voice rang in my ears as I approached her orphanage where she lives with 125 other orphans. I imagined the feelings that might be most familiar to her. Loneliness and rejection came up. … Continue reading Orphaned in Haiti: Magdala’s Story Continues
By Jeff Goins, Editor I went to see Eat, Pray, Love last weekend with my wife, and much to my surprise, I didn’t hate it. I bought this New York Times bestseller for her just before our taking a trip to New York City for Labor Day last year, so it only seemed appropriate to … Continue reading Eat, Pray, Love: It’s Not That Bad
By George Elerick In Gainesville, Florida a church is encouraging their members to burn the Quran in remembrance of the victims of 9/11. Their hopes are to rally as many people together from 6pm to 9pm on the day and burn the holy book from a religion they deem is “from the devil.” The church … Continue reading Power and Love: When Churches Burn the Koran
By Jamie Finch Recently, a friend of mine inquired as to my opinion on Nicholas Kristof’s book Half the Sky because I had expressed dissatisfaction with the work as a whole. As someone who has committed herself to the cause of exploited women, as well as worked for the cause of ending sexual slavery, I’m … Continue reading Why I Don’t Buy Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof
By Mary DeMuth When we came home from France after being church planters there for two and a half years, I received an email from a friend asking me if we’d missed God by going there in the first place. After all, we came home early, so maybe our going had been a failure on … Continue reading God, Success, and Failed French Church Plants
By Dave Hopwood I recently bought a book by Danny Wallace, the original “Yes Man.” It’s called Random Acts of Kindness and is a lot funnier than it sounds. It is jammed-pack with stories and tips about how to make the world a better place, and put a smile on your own face while you’re … Continue reading Yes Man: Random Acts of Kindness