Wendell Berry – What is Sex For?
Wendell Berry is perhaps best known as a writer of essays and stories about community, stewardship, and the values that should undergird them. He is also the author of at least one somewhat unconventional love story: Jayber Crow. To be…
Role of the Church?
Expectations for what a church is and what it should do vary widely. Yet everybody has them. Perhaps it's that a church must have weekly communion. Or sing hymns. Or have a well-developed Sunday School. Short-term mission trips? Urban outreach?…
The Porn Myth
Imagine coming to a table crowded with your closest buddies. You are hungry, your appetites sharp, your anticipation high. So when the kitchen door opens everyone starts cheering, knowing what’s coming next. But instead of delivering a great meal, your…
Political Gap
Now available online is byFaith magazine’s article on politics and Christianity, The Political Gap That Divides Generations. Don’t miss the podcast interview at the end of the article in which Richard Doster and Greg Thompson (pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church…
Breaking in
Do you ever get the nagging sense that you're on the outside looking in – at school, at work, at church, in your city, in the world? Somewhere there's a comfortable inner circle – where everyone knows each other, where…
In Defense of Certainty
Certainty is on the rocks, and Charles Krauthammer is unhappy about it. In the June 1, 2005, edition of Time magazine, Mr. Krauthammer commented on the confirmation hearings then in session for William Pryor, formerly Attorney General of the state…
Quiet Time?
I have a friend who advises against purchasing any Bible with a black cover. Black-spined Bibles, he explains, seem to peer down accusingly from your bookshelf saying, "You SHOULD be reading me right now. Shouldn't you?" (He recommends brown, genuine…