I’ve read two articles recently focusing on how Christians can come together to support a larger cause when it comes to making sacrifices or showing compassion for Lent.
A group of Anglican British bishops are urging Christians to reduce their carbon footprint during Lent.  According to the USA Today, the bishops are asking people to at [...]

(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 [...]

“The View from Inside an Ambulance,” originally published in Esquire, is a powerful essay by paramedic Chris Jones on his experiences dealing with death on a daily basis. His work both confronts him with, and numbs him to, human fragility. His closing story about reviving a man presumed dead, in front of the man’s son, [...]

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, [...]

(Bethany is a guest blogger for Think Christian.  Read more about her here.)
I’m a little late on this one, but I can’t stop thinking about it.  I was troubled by this editorial published in Slate a few weeks ago.  The author, Andrew Santella, uses the Obama family’s church-shopping in DC as a springboard to discuss [...]

Hey all, I was in beautiful Knoxville last week, and this week has been a long game of catch up. It’s good to be back.
Saw this on Culture-Making (it’s a fantastic blog) a few days ago and it struck me as a stellar idea. Then I saw the video reposted on In Light of the [...]

If you haven’t come up with a romantic date idea for your significant other yet, well, you’re in trouble. But Relevant Magazine has put together some good last-minute, low-budget ideas for Valentine’s Day. There’s an interesting one partway down their list:
Although many of our major holidays still involve elements of service to the less fortunate [...]

Some of you hate grammar, probably most of you. It’s boring, it’s tricky, there are rules for everything, and most of them can be broken. I just happen to be the kind of person who diagrams confusing phrases and sentences in his head. So, Kathy’s post at the Carnival in my mind [...]

[Disclaimer: the author of the site linked in this post, Violent Acres, is particularly caustic at times and expresses herself through very “colorful” language, although her viewpoint is sometimes aligned with Christian values. Please proceed to her site only if you are able to get past the foul language.]
Violent Acres (VA) recently wrote a post [...]