By Karen Swank “Hope is a dangerous thing, my friend.” – The Shawshank Redemption I lost my candidate before the primaries were done, before I even got a chance to vote for him. I had picked him out with great care and felt deep certainty about my choice. By the time it was my turn … Continue reading Hope: A Dangerous Thing
By Dan Matheson Paul Reeves’ Winter’s Over: 1. Winter’s Over 2. Mystery 3. Put Me Down 4. Come To Me 5. You Make Me Believe 6. You’ll Be The One 7. Love Has Won 8. Without You 9. Dust And Steam 10. Come And See It seems ironic that Atlanta, GA based singer/songwriter Paul Reeves’ … Continue reading Winter’s Over: Paul Reeves Music
By Jamie Finch It was the City itself that called me to it. It told me it needed me to come. For me, New York City had always had this unexplainable draw, as if it held within it all of the answers to the questions that I didn’t even know how to ask yet. And … Continue reading Unlikely Orphans
By Jimmy McCarty Love your neighbor as yourself. -Jesus of Nazareth I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor? -Mother Teresa The other night I was having a discussion with some of my more “liberal” friends. Among them was someone who was at the Sarah … Continue reading Finding A Political Neighbor
By Brian Bowen I met Willy almost a year ago. Willy has been homeless for some time now. Recently he came up and pulled me out of the group saying, “Hey Rev, come over here. I need to tell you something.” I walked off to the side of the crowd with Willy and he began … Continue reading Willy’s Light: Being harbingers of hope
By Tom Schiavon Much of my Christian life has been a progressive understanding of God’s heart for the poor. He has shown me his concern for the poor in the statutes of the Pentateuch; the judgments of the prophets; the laments of the Psalmist; and the selfless service of Christ, the Apostles, and the early … Continue reading Loving the Rich Along with the Poor
By Amy Courts I’ve recently been reading some discussion forums on the impending November elections and paying special attention to those on both sides who are calling either Obama/Biden or McCain/Palin the answer to the Christian dilemma in politics. One side is all for overturning Roe v. Wade, while the other concerns itself with the … Continue reading Christian Politics: Can Any Person be the Answer?
By Paul Wilkinson What is your personal experience with pornography? What did your own struggle look like? We owned a computer that was connected online for about ten years before anything remotely pornographic ever crossed the screen. Up until that point, I would say I was probably in the “this could never happen to me” … Continue reading Pornography: An Interview with an Addict
By Marissa Locher I just returned from spending about seven months with the wonderful children at AHOPE Ethiopia. It’s impossible for me to write about them without sounding a little cheesy, totally enamored, and somewhat gushy. Volunteering at AHOPE was by far the best thing I have ever done. I would go back in a … Continue reading Life in Ethopia: A Volunteer’s Perspective
By Mariah Secrest Amy Courts is one of those musicians whose songs you can put on repeat, and hours later still be enjoying the tunes like you were playing them for the first time. After doing just that, I found myself intrigued by the depth that ebbed just below the current of solid progressive rock. … Continue reading Voices in Culture: Amy Courts