On our summer vacation, my friend Ron was dreaming up a series of short videos to explore some church-goers’ foibles and bad assumptions. We spent some time chatting about worship—what it’s for, why we do it, how it’s structured, what the point is.
After months of percolation, this weekend he posted the results.
So, are you a [...]

One of our recent polls asked for your general thoughts about online church.  The vast majority of you said you’d like online church to disappear from our culture just like hypercolor t-shirts.  It’s an argument I understand.  There is a lot of debate on whether online community is as genuine as in person relationships.
And good [...]

I recently viewed some clips of the documentary Hell House. It seemed similar in tone and style to Jesus Camp, as both filmmakers were not initially sympathetic to their subjects, but also committed to letting them represent themselves. And, both films feature Christians in middle America who are politically conservative and charismatic in their worship [...]

We recently had a poll roundup on worshiping during the summer months or while on vacation.
It might be a more interesting conversation to talk about WHY or WHY NOT we choose to attend corporate worship during our more leisurely weeks.
In my youth, my family always sought out a local church or service when on vacation. [...]

We recently took a poll about how TC-ers juggle summer vacations and going to church.

The vast majority of us, 75%, keep on keepin’ on during the summer.  But about a fourth of us miss a few Sundays at our home church thanks to vacationing, sleeping in, playing in sun, etc.
So I’m wondering, what’s your routine [...]

There’s been a lot of passion and finger pointing surrounding the recent murder of Dr. George Tiller.  He’s a well known Wichita, Kansas doctor who performed late term abortions.  Last Sunday, Tiller was shot to death in his church, where he was an usher.
How about we stay away from the typical abortion arguments to answer [...]

As a Christian in a mosque, I wondered how Muslims would be treated in a church. Are churches open for visits by Muslims?

(Caryn Dahlstrand Rivadeneira is a guest blogger to Think Christian.  She’s the author of the book Mama’s Got a Fake I.D.)
After church last week, “Pastor Gregg” (which is his actual name, but I thought for some reason it would be funny to make it seem sketchy) asked me if I had any wisdom to impart as he prepared his Mother’s Day sermon [...]

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 [...]

(Robert Keeley is a guest blogger for Think Christian.  Learn more about him here.)
A recent article on MSNBC points out the role of religion in the lives and careers of the contestants on American Idol.  According to the article more than half of the 11 finalists in the competition have “regularly performed at places of [...]