(Guest Blogger: Dave Trout.  Dave is the host of the nationally syndicated program ‘Under the Radar’ which features the best in under-appreciated Christian music.  He also writes a weekly column called ‘The Gourmet Music Report.’  In this post, he’s taking a little break from music to talk about culture.)
Should a pastor friend of mine have [...]

I’ve been crazy about The Submarine’s second album Honeysuckle Weeks for the last year or so. It’s fun, catchy pop with a great sound. I recently downloaded a live-in-studio session from daytrotter and it forced me to listen to the lyrics of “You, Me and the Bourgeoisie.”  If you don’t think you know the song, [...]

I recently came across this slate article about a “twitter revolution” in Moldova that turned out to be less liberating than we originally thought.  This article reminded me of how fond Americans are of the idea of revolution. Of course, our own country started with a revolution, so perhaps that explains our affinity.  It’s not [...]

A catholic church in England recently unveiled this statue of Jesus showing an artists interpretation of how He might look today including a modern beard and hairstyle as well as some baggy clothes.
The parish priest said, “You are always looking for new ways to enrich people in the experience of Christianity and it is good [...]

I recently finished John D. Caputo’s What Would Jesus Deconstruct? which was a beautiful and challenging read.  I learned a lot about what it means to really follow Jesus from reading the book, but I’d like to draw attention to the way Caputo made me think about what it means to have faith.  Look at [...]

Today we introduce a new feature to ThinkChristian: e-mail interviews with thoughtful Christians about faith and culture. There are many wise voices we need to hear from in addition to our own writers and readers here at TC, and we’re grateful for their willingness to join our conversation. (We’ll be doing the interviews by e-mail [...]

The locavore trend has recently been getting media attention since First Lady Michelle Obama started an organic vegetable garden in the white house lawn, and enlisted local school children to help out with the planting.  As a busy grad student often cooking for one, I’m not exactly a huge boon to the local veggie economy [...]

1998: Korn Rocks
I’ve never been a big Korn fan, but metal music is a guilty pleasure. Over a decade ago, a high-school student near my hometown was suspended for wearing a T-shirt featuring logos of the metal band Korn. It’s a fairly rural, conservative, religious, family-oriented community—the kind of place metal music tries hard to [...]

My wife and I just got back from a two and a half week vacation to New Zealand.  It was an amazing trip of visiting close friends and exploring the south island in a camper van .  I’ve become a big fan of the beauty of the country and the friendliness of the Kiwis.
There is [...]

I just had an inquiry from the Religion Editor at a major American weekly news magazine. She wants to know our take on the phrase “followers of Jesus,” particularly as an alternative to the term “Christian.” 
I see it on Facebook regularly, when some of my Christian friends describe their religious affiliation with a variety of terms that [...]