The Intersection of Faith and Culture
I took a summer vacation in Alaska. Geographically, Alaska is basically my home province of British Columbia, but emphatically less crowded. (My cubicle is more crowded than Alaska.) It was a glorious feeling to be in a tourist hub on a peak summer weekend and still feel the unmistakable sensation of […]
I’ve been a Christian for about 20 years. The number one thing I’m tired of hearing? “Christians! What a bunch of hypocrites!” When I hear this or read it in a dreaded Internet comment, I want to raise both fists in exasperation and say, “Exactly!” Because here’s the thing, smug […]
“Do you feel restless?” asks Jennie Allen. It’s a simple question, but it’s one that has come to define a new generation of Christians. Many of us feel like we’re meant for something more than “going through the motions” of life — what that is, though, is another question. Allen’s latest […]
Ryan Bell has a Master of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry in Missional Leadership. He went to Fuller Theological Seminary, and was a Seventh-Day Adventist pastor for nearly two decades. And as of January, he’s living a year without God. And he’s blogging about it. In March 2013, Bell […]
Early this year, Maclean’s magazine released its timely, relatable, and very discouraging summary of “the new underclass.” Basically, that’s all of us who graduated in the last five years or so. We’re overeducated and underemployed. “It turns out that most young people are working,” the article says, “typically in jobs […]