The Intersection of Faith and Culture
After six years of working with folks in poverty, I am getting tired of the Christmas spirit. I’m tired of gently communicating to donors who get offended when I won’t let them volunteer for an hour in December unless they are willing to volunteer the rest of the year. Or […]
Donald Sterling’s appeal to block the sale of his basketball franchise, the Los Angeles Clippers, has been rejected by a Californian judge in a tentative ruling on Monday. The sale that was previously orchestrated by his wife Shelly Sterling will go on as previously planned, with former Microsoft CEO Steve […]
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 […]
Adam Lewis Greene’s Kickstarter campaign Bibliotheca closed yesterday, raising over $1.4 million. The project’s original goal was $37,000. Greene has created Bibliotheca, a four-volume set of the Bible, to allow readers experience biblical texts as “literary works of art” rather than the jumble of numbers, minuscule text, and tissue-thin paper we’re […]
A few hours after I was assigned to write about the media’s silence over the Crimea situation, a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine. While the international political scene is still trying to find an explanation for the disaster, the families of the 298 victims will now finally be […]
A man’s mind, once it has been stretched with a new idea, can never return to its original dimensions. (Oliver Wendell Holmes) “The climb has taken me far beyond the mountain,” says Denise Heppner. She was one of 45 women from around the world who climbed to Everest Base Camp in […]