The Intersection of Faith and Culture
Christmas this year We’ve asked a few of our music-loving friends to compile refreshing playlists of Christmas songs of new and old, original and classics, for our readers to get ready for the holidays with a jingle in their day. Here is our first (of the series) Christmas playlist by Birds […]
The coming and going of American Thanksgiving and the madness of Black Friday signifies the next big step towards the summit of holiday and consumerism madness: Christmas. Believe it or not, there are only 5 weekends till the most wonderful time of the year. So like last year, Converge will […]
The church had shaggy green carpet, and a musty smell to boot, but that didn’t seem to bother the worshippers. That Sunday morning, as my family passed through the glass doors of the old brick building, we were greeted by smiles and gospel choruses. The foyer bustled with people coming and going between services — each making their way from the engraved wooden pews to their cars outside, but not without hugging a friend and sharing a story or two.
The electro-pop band Kye Kye from Camas, Washington will be releasing their second full-length album, and they need your help to make the project happen. The goal is to reach 40K in 30 days. This kind of fan fuelled funding is not new and is beginning to gain prominence in […]
Why one non-profit worker thinks microcredit can hurt development Sufiya was a poor villager in Bangladesh. She received a small loan to buy some chickens to start an egg business. The chickens flourished, the eggs were the talk of the town, and soon her loan was paid back with enough […]
The day hurricane Katrina hit we were sitting around tables at a restaurant somewhere outside of Atlanta. I finished my pizza, fidgeted with the salt shaker, and glanced at the corner of the room where a television hung, fixed on CNN. I remember the text as it crawled across the […]
