The Empire State Building has once again lost its claim to being New York City’s tallest tower (having been eclipsed several times in the “world’s tallest” category). With 100 floors complete and counting, the Freedom Tower, aka 1 World Trade Center, has passed the venerable Art Deco landmark recently and… [more]
Home & Family
The cost of exclusion
Editor's note: Agendas Aside, a Think Christian series on homosexuality and the church, also includes pieces by Neil de Koning, Joshua Walters, and Jason E. Summers. I was raised in a Christ-centered home where my family looked to our Lutheran congregation for community and guidance. My high school was Reformed… [more]
Doing time together
They say that when you do time, your loved ones do time with you. Thanks to a little road trip my family and I took a few weeks ago, I have a better appreciation for how true that statement really is. You see, I recently discharged parole and recovered my… [more]
How churches and states are cooperating on adoption
Our nation’s foster-care system is in crisis. Thousands of children “age out” of foster care each year without ever having known the love and support of a forever family. Birthdays are forgotten. School performance drops. Social workers are overwhelmed and lose hope of the possibility that the children in their… [more]
The deception of Christmas gifts
In the Robinson home, we don’t do Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny or Halloween, for that matter. I know, some must think I’m a boring, rigid parent. On the contrary, I like fun, celebrating, gifts and candy. At the same time, I try to take advantage of opportunities to… [more]
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Stephen Steiner Christianity isn't merely a warm blanket of acceptance once you are a follower of Jesus...
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