CURRENT
The Damaging Effects of Shame-Based Sex …
JUNE 10, 2013 | BY: KRISTEN HOWERTON — While I think that abstinence is a great goal for kids (and one I will encourage for my own), I also…
Queer People Have More to Offer the World …
JUNE 5, 2013 | BY: BRIAN G. MURPHY — Queer people… there is something liberating and life-saving about the Gospel. Jesus hung…
Tornadoes, Butterfly People and Finding the …
May 30, 2013 | BY: RACHEL LLOYD — What emotions are caused by a devastating natural disaster? Horror, shock, guilt and confusion are…
GLOBAL
Nature’s Elegant Geometry: Signs of God?
JUNE 16, 2013 | BY: CHRISTIAN PIATT — I still recognize that seeing God in this little flower is a choice. Some will look at it and see…
Showdown on a South China ferry – Do …
JUNE 13, 2013 | BY: MORF MORFORD — Do we have a faith because we were born into it, because those around us have similar…
Uncool! — Google and Facebook’s …
JUNE 6, 2013 | BY: FRANK SCHAEFFER — The fight to end human trafficking should unite all sides in our culture wars. Why hasn’t it? Until…
THEMES
Remember Guantanamo Bay?
April 29, 2013 | BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE — I had a chance to meet with some of the folks who have served as mediators to…
LIFE
The Gift of Receiving
JUNE 15, 2013 | BY: JOHN WATSON — My son went into hospital, and for the first time, I was the object of help. There was this massive…
Why Conflict is Good For Us
JUNE 12, 2013 | BY: MICAH BALES — As a teenager, I always loved a good fight. I got a huge adrenaline rush from hashing out Very…
THEOLOGY
The Disturbing Trend of Christian Self-Deprecation
JUNE 17, 2013 | BY: STEPHEN MATTSON — Christians use self-deprecation as a defense mechanism, a form of social disparagement used…
Christianity Means Not Knowing All the Answers
JUNE 13, 2013 | BY: KATHY VESTAL — It seems to me it’s unchristian to claim, or even aim, to know all the answers about God. Think…
