I was hoping to see how a Christian family is working though tough marital times. Instead, it was a sad look into how fame can corrupt a family of eight.
“Jon & Kate Plus 8” kicked off its fifth season Monday night. For those who watch the show there was much anticipation about how the family [...]
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From Generation to Generation
Last Sunday my regular Sunday school class was looking kind of slim; it was mothers day and the university graduation had happened the day before, meaning many students had skipped town already. Instead of doing our usual formal study, we sat around a table with coffee and engaged in some non-directed chatter. We talked as [...]
Mother’s Day Sermons…Ugh
(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 [...]
Singleness in Church, Redux
A few months ago I published an article about singles in the church in The Banner (the denominational magazine of the Christian Reformed Church in North America). I was glad after its publication to hear that my thoughts resonated with the experience of other singles, and now I’m writing some further thoughts about that article.
When [...]
The Family that Prays Together…
For almost sixty years, we’ve published a daily devotional booklet, first called The Family Altar and then Today. And we print hundreds of thousands of them every two months. Many on our mailing list receive the Today in bulk, for redistribution in their own congregations and neighborhoods.
Lately though, because of the economic downturn, we decided [...]
Untangling the relationship between faith and family
It’s Friday, it’s almost Christmas, and (at least in my part of the country) a truly epic amount of snow is promising to trap us indoors all weekend. In other words, it’s a perfect time for a bit of idle musing: Why do religious people have more children than their non-religious counterparts?
Does religion run in [...]
No Birth Control for Baptists
In a sermon to the students of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary earlier this month, Dr. Thomas White said taking birth control pills is a “sin” and “murder,” according to a report on the WFAA TV website. The crux of his argument is that “although the pill is supposed to work by preventing the release of [...]
Blessed are the hospice workers
My grandmother passed away last month at a hospice in Portland, Oregon. Nanna Mary was always petite. But in the final weeks of her life she was tiny, a shrunken version of the vigorous little English fighter who had served in the Royal Women’s Army in World War II and went on to travel the [...]
Telling Children Bible Stories
Scotteriology has posted a few of the stories he tells his daughters. In his words, “I think you may recognize the source material.”
You have probably heard a lot of stories that start off something like this: Once upon a time in a land far, far away. Well this story not only happens “Once upon a [...]
Jelly Telly
Phil Vischer—you know, the VeggieTales guy—recently announced he’s getting back into Christian media. How, you ask? Well, he’s launching a kids media studio that will distribute exclusively on the internet through a monthly subscription service.
Oh, and you get to pick your price.
It’s just crazy enough to work.
He explains how and why in the video below [...]

