I thought I was long past being shocked by the beautiful Angelina Jolie. After all, the days of her showing up with vials of blood around her neck or making out with her brother on stage are long past. And certainly I’ve become used to her radical morph from femme… [more]
Theology & The Church
ESPN’s surprisingly civil debate about sin and homosexuality
NBA player Jason Collins made headlines this week with his announcement that he is gay. Collins is the first player in the four major American sports leagues to do so. During an ensuing discussion of Collins on ESPN’s Outside the Lines, analyst Chris Broussard stated that as a Christian, he… [more]
How grammar influences your faith
Recently I watched a TED talk by Yale researcher Keith Chen entitled, 'Could your language affect your ability to save money?' Halfway through his presentation it hit me: what he's saying is also very true for the spiritual life. Chen's thesis is that there is a correlation between linguistics and… [more]
Marcus Mumford: ‘I wouldn’t call myself a Christian’ Now what?
The cover story of the latest Rolling Stone may send some Christians into a panic, but not for the usual reasons. In an interview with Brian Hiatt, Mumford & Sons frontman Marcus Mumford addresses the questions about his faith that have long swirled around the band. The Biblical imagery, theology… [more]
Personalizing Netflix and the danger of closed systems
Netflix - along with all of the other big-data algorithms that insist on telling me what I like, want or need - is shrinking my life. I just hit the “Personalize” button on my Netflix page and was prompted to input and rate all of the movies I’d watched in… [more]
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Allison Backous It is a good model for all of us to pursue conversation that requires us to be active, not just people who leave soundbites and judgment.
ESPN’s surprisingly civil debate about sin and homosexuality
Jonathan Downie Unless we are going to go down the road of linguistic determinism (which would limit God as well as our understanding of God), it would seem somewhat naive to assume that we have trouble understanding some concepts simply because of grammar.
How grammar influences your faith
Vincent Bacote Chances are a lot of the people who are turned off by the term "Christian" or who have legitimately hurtful experiences in church are also people who hope that people are willing to give them multiple second chances for their flaws and errors as they head down the road of life. I wonder if the church ... will be given the same second chances as well.
Marcus Mumford: ‘I wouldn’t call myself a Christian’ Now what?
Micah J. Murray I've struggled with this myself because, like Mumford, I've felt that the word has so much baggage. I think I've come to the conclusion though that I can't really get away from the word, because it describes my faith.
Marcus Mumford: ‘I wouldn’t call myself a Christian’ Now what?
David De Boer Facebook is an important conduit to a world we can't always make time for. Does it have its problems, yes, but they don't have to be deal breakers.
Why I’m leaving Facebook in 2013
pcg If anyone gets the wrong impression about Washington and exalts him to an unhealthy position, I cannot see how it's due to HIS attitude, which at every turn appears to be humble and deferential.
Who cares if Denzel Washington is a Christian?