Admittedly, we’re a little late to the game on this, but TC has finally made the leap to Facebook.  Our main delay centered around our internal discussions of what we should do make a Facebook page interactive for TC-ers.
Instead of sitting around and talking about it any longer, we’re asking you what you want.  We’ve [...]

A couple of months ago, ESPN did a story on professional athletes and their tithing habits.
Famous boxer Evander Holyfield was one of the athletes profiled.  He’s given millions of dollars to his church (which faces some controversy of its own, but let’s set that aside for now).  At the same time, his mansion in Georgia [...]

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 [...]

Recently, while wasting time on the internet doing important research, I ran across this article about a pastor in Kentucky who is inviting his parishioners to bring their guns to church.
The church is hosting a Saturday event that welcomes “responsible gun owners” to wear their firearms inside the church. The event will include a gun [...]

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 [...]

So. Clearly in a moment of weakness and poor judgment, the fine bloggers at ThinkChristian.net asked me to become a regular contributor, and so I’ve agreed to do my best to add to what is already a stimulating and challenging conversation. Here’s a little more about me and the kinds of things I’ll tend to [...]

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 [...]

True or False: No Christian should make a six-figure salary. If she does, she should give anything above $100,000 to churches and charities. Anything else is bad stewardship.
I say TRUE. In fact, when most of the world lives on two dollars a day, having a salary at all qualifies as filthy rich.
(Reminder: Quick Thought is [...]

For my article on the resurgence of traditional church architecture in the May issue of Christianity Today, I interviewed Eric Jacobsen, senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, Washington, and author of Sidewalks in the Kingdom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith (Brazos Press, 2003). He agreed to have our entire e-mail exchange shared [...]

(Quick Thought is a new feature, providing a quick post for you to respond to with your first reactions and thoughts.  The goal is to keep comments short, too.  Maybe a couple sentences but no more than 100 words or so.  Let’s see where the conversation goes!)
“Pre-existing conditions accepted.”
I saw that on a spam fax [...]