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Sinners in the hands of a singing God—By Steve Beard
• Tattooed Love, by Steve
Beard (Thunderstruck). Featured on hipster websites such as
Ginkworld
and Relevant.
• Planting seeds in hard places,
by Andrea Nasfell
• Riding for the Son: Bikers go with
God, by Billy Bruce (Charisma)
•
Rediscovering
the awe of our faith, by Mike Yorkey
• Relocating the Church Outside the
Walls—By John Smith
• How the Irish spread the Gospel:
The Thunderstruck with Dr. George Hunter
• Is
there a God? (The Onion)
• The
spiritual journey of pinup icon Bettie Page (Hollywood Jesus)
• Discovering the poor outside the
Majestic Colony—By Chris Heuertz
• Twice
Chosen: A review of Lauren Winner's charming book, Girl Meets
God (Books & Culture)
• Dance
of the God-Struck (Christianity Today)
• Centerfold
Susie Krabacher doing the Lord's work in Haitian slums (Philanthrophy
Roundtable)
• Life
After Playboy: Former centerfold discovered fulfillment helping
Haiti's neediest children (Christian Reader)
• Young,
smart, successful - and passionately orthodox, by George
Weigel (The Tidings)
• Reinventing
church: Young pastors explore new forms of worship in search
of an 'authentic' Christian experience (Christian Science
Monitor)
• Jesus
Christ: Pop Star? (Boundless)
• Vancouver
Christians reach out to prostitutes (Christianity Today)
• Do
creature comforts at home mean no place for spiritual sustenance?
(The Guardian)
• Beyond
magazine interview with Gary Haugen of the International Justice
Mission
• Learning from the Master Storyteller:
Engaging the pop culture—By Andrea Nasfell
• Dick
Staub interviews Mike Yaconelli (Culturewatch)
• A
spirit of prostitution, by Jennifer Ashley (Relevant)
• Real
Magazine reviews "When Bad Christians Happen
to Good People"
• The
unquenchable worshipper,by Matt Redmon
• The
lost art of fasting,by Mark Nysewander
• Will
I be happier as a Christian, by Julie Roys
• The
healing power of beauty by Jo Kadlecek
• Touching transcendence
in worship, by Sally Morganthaler
• Love
always hurts--By Mother Teresa
• Not
a missionary, not yet a poet, by Micha Boyett (Relevant)
• Call
me when you want to get spiritual, by Jennifer Ashley (Relevant)
• Amazing
grace, by Jason Boyett (Relevant)
• The
gift of the present, by Lisa Zhito (Relevant)
• Servant
evangelism—By Steve Sjogren
• Why
teens feel spiritually empty (Newsmax)
• Getting
out of the faith ghetto, by Dan Buck (Relevant)
• What
happens when you find out your friend is a witch, by Sara E.
Hinlicky (Boundless)
• Wasting your life on Jesus--By
Mike Bickle
• Pursuing
God in a Volkswagen—By Maggie Schroeder
• Following
Jesus to the party—By Dick Staub
• Protecting our kids from
God—By Duffy Robbins
• The unpredictability of
encountering a holy God--By Steve Beard
• Desperation for God—By Tommy
Tenney
• The reckless love of our heavenly
Father—By Steve Beard
• The holy passion of the Bride—By
Mike Bickle
• The wonderful danger of revival—By
Steve Beard
• Transforming lives by getting involved—By
Amy L. Sherman
• Seeing the flames among the
blackberries—By Steve Beard
• Stand up and be reconciled—By
Joseph Garlington
• The fragrance of intimacy, by
Darrell Evans
• High standing in low places:
Rethinking salvation, by Maggie Schroeder
• The feast of prayer, by Scott
McDermott
• Beauty and God by Mark Driscoll
• Gradschool
for Harry Potters? Europe's first real academy of witchcraft
(USA Today)
• Pair
of unlikely magazines have a friend in Jesus, by Beth Gillin
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
• Church
of England backs raves to bring in young people (The Daily
Telegraph)
• The
Sons of God Motorcycle Club answers to a higher authority
(The Detroit News)
• Jesus
in a Geo? It would be a miracle, by Roy Rivenburg (Los Angeles
Times)
• Was
Billy Graham a cutting-edge hipster for his generation?
(Christianity Today)
• NPR
explores Billy Sunday's "muscular Christianity"
• Outrageous
Vision: A conversation with Donald Miller about global Pentecostalism
(Books & Culture)
• What
would Jesus drive? Who in the world knows?, by Cathleen
Falsani (Chicago Sun Times)
• Church
welcomes the "scum of the earth" (Charisma)
• God
and China, by Nicholas D. Kristof (New York Times)
• What
would Jesus drive? What kind of sily question is that?,
by Brendan Miniter (Wall Street Journal)
• Voices
of the next generation of Christian leaders: Chris Seay, Doug
Pagitt, and Matt Hammett (The Ooze)
• Byron
Borger on Lauren Winner's Girl Meets God (Hearts
& Minds Books)
• Attorney fights for religious liberty--and
the gospel, by Steve Beard (Thunderstruck)
• Wiccans
cast more than a few love spells on campus (Fox)
• Is
their a new convergence between religion and science, by
Greg Easterbrook (Wired)
• The
Jesus market: Christianity may be struggling in the public square,
but it's prospering in the public bazaar, by Stephen Bates
(Weekly Standard)
• How
to build homes without putting up walls: Habitat for Humanity
strives to keep its Christian identity (Christianity Today)
• Evangelical
Christians viewed somewhat more kindly than prostitutes, but
with less affection than lesbians and lawyers
• 'Girl
Meets God' -- Born again and again (New York Times)
• How
'Grinch' stole my heart as Easter favorite, by Cathleen
Falsani (Chicago Sun-Times)
• Amazing
Grace, how sweet the sound, by Steve Turner (Good News)
• He
draws them to Him. C.S. Lewis was converted. Now he converts,
by Gina R. Dalfonzo (National Review)
• The
most dangerous baby, by N.T. Wright (Good News)
• The
greatest drama ever staged, by Dorothy Sayers (Good News)
• There's
something about Mary (Christianity Today)
• Ears
to Hear, Eyes to See: Luci Shaw's poetry helps us pay attention
to God's world (Christianity Today)
• Catholics
reach young adults with 'Theology on Tap' talks at restaurants
and bars (Voice of America)
• Hey,
is that a Bible study in your dorm room? (Boundless)
• What
is your calling? The question of vocation, by Os Guinness
(Good News)
• French
priests forced to close red-light diner in Paris (Guardian)
• Neighbors
help Grace Burnham build a house after her missionary husband
was killed (USA Today)
• LA
Times on Steve Turner's 'Amazing Grace'
• Cheech
and Chong theology: Did Jesus use a cannabis-based anointing
oil to help cure people? (BBC)
• The
paradoxical faith of Anne Lamott (Christianity Today)
• Yoga
finds a Christian following (The Charlotte Observer)
• Radical
move, man: Some churches welcome skateboarders who otherwise
might have no use for religion (St. Petersburg Times)
• From
Oratorios to Elvis: Pop culture has been coming to a church
near you for hundreds of years (Christianity Today)
• Child
of a Greater God: West Wing's Marlee Matlin on God (Guidepost)
• God
and Man at Carolina: Intolerance in the name of diversity,
by Mike S. Adams and Charlton Allen (Breakpoint)
• Church
father, sex writer give their takes on sin, by Cathleen
Falsani (Chicago Sun-Times)
• 'Emerging
churches' drawing young flock (Seattle Times)
• Saving
souls and society, by Terry Eastland (Wall Street Journal)
• Pause
for reflection for evangelistic pop-culture acts in church
(Christian History)
• New
documentary traces theologian's decision to join plot against
Hitler (Washington Post)
• House
of God just gets bigger (BBC)
• Decorated
with death: Is religious jewelry just a smokescreen? by
Sarah E. Hinlicky (Christianity Today)
• A
Gen-Xer's bumpy spiritual path: Lauren Winner's Girl Meets
God (News & Observer)
• Unlikely
allies influenced Bush to shift course on AIDS relief (Washington
Post)
• Doodads
of faith: Can religious kitch help (Orange County Register)
• Redemption on "The Surreal
Life," by Christine Seghers (Thunderstruck)
• Bush
not shy about Christ's role in his life, by Cathleen Falsani
(Chicago Sun Times)
• Harlem
Gospel Choir preaches faith first, entertainment second
(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
• Viewing
work as a calling (News & Observer)
• Church
looks for new ways to attract the young (The Western Mail,
Wales)
• White
House gets religion on AIDS in Africa (New York Times)
• Heavenly
bodies: What do we gain from the resurrection? (Christianity
Today)
• Ancient
way of praying resonates with today's hurried Christians
(Miami Herald)
• The moral
vision of SpongeBob SquarePants (Slate)
• Christ
and a cup of Joe (Salt Lake Tribune)
• The
Gen-X church (Honolulu Star Bulletin)
• The
evolving theology of George W. Bush (Beliefnet)
• Finding
hope in Kate's Closet, by Janice Shaw Crouse (Concered Women
for America)
• There's
No 'Peace Child' for Islam: Dick Staub interviews Don Richardson
(Christianity Today)
• The
neighborhood's last, best hope: American congregations give
more to society than they get from it (Christianity Today)
• The
beloved whore (Relevant)
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The
spiritual reality of reality shows (Relevant)
• The
Oprahfication of Thomas Merton (Breakpoint)
•
We need a little controversy: Eminem and
the challenge to the church, by Chris Regner (Thunderstruck)
• St.
Augustine's new followers (Daily Telegraph)
• Pagan
chic, by Roberto Rivera y Carlo (Boundless)
• Gerard
Depardieu embraces God after finding faith in Confessions
(Daily Telegraph)
• Loving the misfits, by Will
Johnson (Thunderstruck)
• A
strip club's holy conversion (Toronto Star)
• God's
original plan was to hang out in a garden with some naked vegetarians
(Relevant)
• Mike Tyson, Jesus, and me by
Ted Kluck (Thunderstruck)
• Kicking
the secularist habit, by David Brooks (The Atlantic)
• The
road to rapture: Girl Meets God reviewed by The Jewish Week
• Missionaries
adjust to risks in Arab lands (Christian Science Monitor)
• Cultural
revolution comes to Wheaton, by Cathleen Falsani (Chicago
Sun Times)
• All-night
dance parties cause rift in church community (ABC)
• Ben
Affleck and Pamela Anderson wear "Jesus is my Homeboy"
t-shirts (TeenHollywood). Check out Pam Anderson
wearing it here.
• Conspicuous
consumption by underaged, overserved (Red Streak)
• Keeping
the faith: Marlins pitcher is out to prove he can dominate and
be true to his Christian beliefs (Miami Herald)
• Before
the Alamo became a symbol of Texas defiance, it was fighting
for men's souls (Wall Street Journal)
• Without
some young blood, the Church of England must surely die
(Telegraph)
• Churches
try to protect Hawaii's native tongue (New York Times)
• Creating
sacred spaces: Families carve out places, times at home for
spirituality (Louisville Courier Journal)
• Wanted:
churchgoers (CNN)
• Ash
Wednesday begins the commitment to repent (USA Today)
• Cowboy
churches attract worshipers who feel more comfortable wearing
jeans (Seattle Times)
• What
I learned at the porn show, by Mike Foster (Relevant)
• Hymn-writing
saved even a wretch like him (Christian Science Monitor)
• Easter meditation by Angela
Pancella (Thunderstuck)
• Cowboy
church rounds 'em up on Sunday (USA Today)
• Apocalypse
Again and Again: The Bible doesn't tell us when to go to war
but how to live in a war-ridden world, by Phillip Jensen
(Christianity Today)
• Martin
Luther King Jr.'s connection to the King of Kings overlooked
(Memphis Commercial Appeal)
• Snake
handlers hang on in Appalachian churches (National Geographic)
• President
Bush is a Christian. Why does that bother people? by Robert
Bartley (Wall Street Journal)
• Bird
watching with Anne Lamott (Books & Culture)
• Half
Britain believes in Resurrection (Daily Telegraph)
• Where
is religion's spirituality? (Newsday)
• Wine
to water: Religions vary widely over what 'the cup' should hold
(Desert News)
• What
should the Church do to meet the needs of the younger generation?
(The Times)
• Christianity
Today interviews our favorite theologian, N.T. Wright
• Theorists
debate God’s existence at Harvard's Veritas Forum (The Crimson)
[next-gen
ministry]
• Stranger
Things magazine interview with Virtual Faith author Tom Beaudoin
• The
cool generation (The Sheffield Telegraph)
• 'God and Guinness'
offers warm reception, cold beer to post-modern generation,
by Thomas Blanton (Episcopal News Service)
• A
Cutting Edge interview with Mark Driscoll
• Postmodernity, by Mark Driscoll
• Reaching the emerging generations (Church of England
Newspaper) Part 1,
2,
3,
4
• What will it take to reach Generation
X? By Andrea Nasfell
• Rethinking Church:
Learning from new paradigm congregations, by Donald Miller
• Gen-X
drawn to mix of old and new worship styles
• Gen-X
Christians want their churches to be spiritual, not hip,
• East
Meets West: Entering an age where everything old is new again,
by Chris Seay (Leadership)
• Lost
and found: Why America's 80 million-strong Generation X may
be losing its religion but finding its soul (Salon)
[jay bakker]
• A
conversation with Jay Bakker (ABC News)
• Soul
searching: An excerpt from Jay Bakker's book (ABC News)
• Jay Bakker's
Revolution Ministry
• Son
of PTL (The Osgood File)
• Christianity
with a dose of punk (Christian Science Monitor)
• Jay
Bakker preaches to a vastly different group of followers (Gannett
News Service)
• You
say you want a revolution (Creative Loafing)
[cool
church profiles]
• Praise
the Lord and welcome to Graceland
• The
Santa Cruz Experiment in “Multicongregationalism,” by Eric Stanford
(Next Wave)
• Postmodern
generation prompts change in worship style, feel of worship,
by Lori Arnold (Christian Times)
• An
interview with Dan Kimball (Fresh Ministry)
• Santa
Cruz Christians (Good Times)
• Spirit
Garage (The Lutheran)
• Generation
T (Mother Jones)
• Postmodern church targets Generation
X in Seattle (The Washington Times)
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The
Alpha Course
Revival
flames
• Boiling hot Methodism
• Great souls
Signs
and wonders
• The kingdom of God
• Healing and suffering
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What would possess a red-blooded, rock
'n' roll-loving, American girl to contemplate living in a cloistered
Catholic convent for the rest of her life? You'd be surprised.
The
Pink Sisters,
by Angela Pancella
Part 1, Part 2,
Part 3, Part 4
___________________
"Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire
with God. But only he who sees takes off his shoes; the rest
sit round it and pluck blackberries."
--Elizabeth Barrett Browing
"If
there is anything that characterizes Christian maturity, it
is the willingness to become a beginner again for Jesus Christ.
It is the willingness to put your hand in his hand and say,
‘I’m scared to death, but I’ll go with you. You’re the Pearl
of great price.’" --John Wimber
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Guide
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