The Intersection of Faith and Culture
Last week, filmmaker Casey Neistat released a video showing how he put $25,000 of movie studio marketing money into a relief campaign for Typhoon Haiyan victims. My cynicism is so firmly ingrained that when I see something nice, something proactive, something that might even be called “good works,” I feel […]
In the summertime, kids run around in the sun, giggling. No one notices if they wear the same pair of shorts every day. They meet the other kids in the townhouse complex and they play until dark. They frolic and shriek through sprinklers on the lawn. The cold water in […]
Way back in 2006, four churches in Portland, Oregon decided to forego the usual Christmas spending spree and donate the money they saved to Living Water International. The following year, a bunch more churches joined them in doing the same thing, again. I don’t know how many years or how […]
I don’t own a cell phone. To clarify: this is not a confession, it’s a declaration. It’s not because I’m cheap (I am), or that I think the government might be listening in (they probably are), or that I have a problem with cell phones (OK, maybe just a few). […]
My wife and I are both grad students with one major difference: she gets paid. So while I got a place to live out of the marriage deal, she got a share in my pile of student loans. My wife is a research scientist (fancy, right?); I write articles and […]
If “master penman” made you think of some guy in a wig, wielding a white feather over a scroll of parchment, think again. Better yet, watch this video. Not only will you’ll be swept away by the tactile force and the eloquent vision behind Jake Weidmann’s penmanship, but it will […]