Fans across the United States erupt in elation after Landon Donovan’s winning goal against Algeria.
“Patriotism,” said Samuel Johnson in 1775, “is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” Johnson was talking about phony patriotism or manipulative patriotism, but he reminds us that patriotism is not without its risks and excesses. As philosopher Ralph Perry once elaborated, [...]

A trending hashtag—or popular topic label—on Twitter this week was “failed children’s book titles.” (You can search the hashtag here, but be warned that many of the tweets with that tag have been offensive; here are a few of my favorites—all clean.) The idea was to take a familiar children’s book title and change a [...]

Use of mobile.biblegateway.com on an average Sunday morning, according to Bible Gateway
When I saw this chart (which I found via my TC colleague David Ker at futurebible) I could hear the alarmists worrying out loud: Using cell phones and blackberries in church! Is nothing—or no place—sacred anymore? It reminded me of this article on how [...]

For Lent, I’m giving up the idea of giving up something for Lent. There are some good reasons to do it, but I can think of a few reasons not to.
1. It’s not the Self-Denial Olympics.
If the point of giving up something for Lent is nothing more than self-congratulation for feats of abstinence, I’m not [...]

I was a Twitter skeptic before I was a Twitter convert. Why, exactly, do I need a more efficient method of delivery for the mundanities of other people’s lives? I only got hooked on Twitter – which, for the uninitiated, is basically a mini-blog – through some of its other uses: dispensing quips, bookmarking links, [...]

Recently I sat down with ThinkChristian’s newest contributor—myself. Here are a few things I told me.
Q: Who are you?
A: What an existential question. Well, I’m a writer. I’m a Christ-follower. I’m a father. I’m a blogger. I love TiVo. What else would you like to know about me?
Q: That’s plenty, thanks. Why are you looking [...]

Who’s behind ThinkChristian? Here’s a bit of info about the Think Christian gang, some in their own words:
Amy Adair
Amy lives in Lombard, Illinois. She is a mother, a wife, a writer, an editor, and a Jesus follower. She has written children’s books, a teen magazine column, interviews, and adoption applications. She is the proud mother [...]