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November 2012

November 20, 2012

Listening to Thanksgiving Din(ner)

For many of us, Thanksgivings grants valuable time with family and friends, full of feasting...

November 20, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: The Rudolph Incident

"It wasn’t until I stopped to reflect on the way home that I realized what...

November 19, 2012

The Naked Racism of an Obama America

America is more racially divided today than when Obama took office. In this feature, Alan...

November 16, 2012

Being Justified: A Wolf in a Girl’s Body

Being Justified is a series exploring the nature of contemporary evangelism and culture. The working...

November 15, 2012

Video Games, Mementos, and Material Reminders of What’s Important

Richard Clark and I are really different dudes, and after reading his article on possessions,...

November 14, 2012

Dads: The New Video Game Heroes

"How interesting would it be if video games turn out to be tools that challenge...

November 13, 2012

Feminine Appeal: The Casualties of Casual Sex

" What is this newfangled thing of which you speak?! Marriage?"

November 12, 2012

Mixed Signals: Orange Juice Is Good But Not Omniscient

Mixed Signals is Erin Straza’s musing about marketing miscellany in advertising, branding, and messaging. Some...

November 09, 2012

Are Your Friends to Blame for Your Bad Choices?

Good news! If you are in debt or overweight, you can now blame your friends....

November 09, 2012

Frequently Searched Questions: Technology is an Edged Weapon

The following are actual search terms people typed into Google (Yahoo?) which directed them to...

November 08, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Penetrating the Electronic Buzz of the 21st Century for Evangelism

Every Thursday in Citizenship Confusion, Alan Noble discusses how we confuse our heavenly citizenship with citizenship...

November 07, 2012

How We Honor Our President

Monday afternoon, I challenged Christians with the following words: I hope you vote wisely and...

November 07, 2012

10 Ways to Detox from the Election

It's Wednesday morning, and Mitt Romney has conceded the election to President Barack Obama. That...

November 07, 2012

The Paralysis of Having Too Many Cultural Choices

Dorian Lynskey asks "Does manically devouring as much culture as possible make me a better...

November 07, 2012

As Biblical as Apple Pie: Rachel Held Evans’s A Year of Biblical Womanhood

Carissa Smith read Rachel Held Evans's new book, and found it heavy on the stunts...

November 06, 2012

Florida Proves Higher Education Is No Longer about Learning

In Florida, legislation is about to hit the state floor proposing that college majors that...

November 06, 2012

Preserving Tanzanian Music: A Christian Duty

Last week, NPR ran a fascinating story about a radio station in Tanzania. Radio Tanzania...

November 05, 2012

On the Eve of the 2012 Presidential Election

"Here's hoping we'll give some thought as to how we've behaved this election season and...

November 05, 2012

How Crowd Funding Mimics the Early Church

"Perhaps crowd funding could be the means by which the Church in our day could...

November 05, 2012

The Lost Women and Children of the Abortion Debate: A Pro-life Response to Walsh, Akin, and Mourdock

A staunchly pro-life critique of the recent flippancy of abortion rhetoric by pro-life candidates Joe...

November 02, 2012

The Pro-Family Irony of Dan Savage

Recently The Atlantic did a write up on Dan Savage, one of America’s most influential...

November 02, 2012

Frequently Searched Questions: I’m so Afraid of a Romney Presidency

The following are actual search terms people typed into Google (Yahoo?) which directed them to...

November 01, 2012

Mixed Signals: War Child PSA Turns Bullets into Crayons

Communication is plentiful today. Messages arrive via other people, e-mail, radio, TV, mobile devices, mail,...

November 01, 2012

The Hermeneutic Failure that Is Making Leprosy Hard to Kill

It is safe to say that when most people think of the biblical commands to...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

The Painful Work of Forgiveness

"I'd highly recommend that you wait until you have some time alone before reading this....

October 31, 2012

How “Zombie Jesus” Guides Us through the Postmodern Apocalypse

"The presence of a satirical religious figure at some of the Zombie Walks provides hints...

October 30, 2012

Living in Community is Hard, Beautiful Work

"If we truly love one another -- if we truly seek to be His disciples...

October 30, 2012

Hurricane Sandy Reminds Me that I Enjoy a Good Natural Disaster, Because I’m a Terrible Human Being

"We are entertained by Hurricane Sandy."

October 30, 2012

Feminine Appeal: You Don’t Have to Be a Sexy Crayon for Halloween

Join Faith Newport and Erin Straza each week for Feminine Appeal, an e-discussion bringing a...

October 29, 2012

This Is Your Brain on Prayer

Rituals of meditation, prayer, service, moral acts, and so on do nothing for bringing the...

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