An inspirational story: Honk if you love someone
I love inspirational stories! Recently I came across Massoud Adibpour’s story “Honk if you love someone”. Massoud is a young man on a quest to make the people in his city (Washington DC) smile. Like in...
View ArticleFaith and Football: What the Gospel Church Can Learn from the NFL
Who knew it would turn out that the NFL has a thing or two to teach the gospel church about love, acceptance, and the struggle to overcome in a world of injustice?
View ArticleAuthor of A Lasting Legacy, Doug Hagedorn, Gives 7 Easy Ways to Make Your...
FAIRVIEW, Texas, Feb. 5, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ — If you are able to move to Monaco, where the average life expectancy is 90, or can retire to a beach mansion next week, more power to you! But most...
View ArticleCommercial is a mini horror movie with a peaceful twist ending
Remember the Dirt Devil exorcist ad? Here’s another scary promo for a non-scary product from the same director…
View ArticleFree Book Giveaway: Follow Me
We are giving away a FREE copy of the book “Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.” by David Platt this week! The deadline to enter this giveaway is Friday, February 8th by 11:59PM. We will announce...
View ArticleThe BIBLE – An Extended Preview
The Bible - a 10 hour epic series airing on the History Channel beginning March 3, 2013. Enjoy this extended preview.
View ArticleChurches unite for Episcopal Relief & Development Sunday
[Episcopal Relief & Development] Congregations and dioceses across the Episcopal Church are invited to commemorate Episcopal Relief & Development Sunday on Feb. 17, the first Sunday in Lent, by...
View ArticleUgh — when ‘reality’ TV looks inside clergy homes
I know, I know. “The Sisterhood” is a reality television show about pastors’ wives. I know, I know. That piece on the Style page at The Washington Post — “‘The Sisterhood’ is more religious...
View ArticleSo, Here We Are
Who cares why Brandon Martin-Anderson, a master's student in the Changes Places group at the MIT Media Lab, decided to make a dot for every single person in the United States? According to him, "I...
View ArticleThe Divorce Plot
Why is the Christian divorce rate as high as the national average? As America keeps innovating and moving forward into a new century, some older institutions are changing—or even being left behind....
View ArticleDisenfranchised Disciple Makers
Take two equally gifted Disciple Makers, both with sincere intent and genuine faith. Does the disciple maker with means make more disciples than the disciple maker without means? Before answering...
View ArticleFlorida's Great Python Hunt Is an Abysmal Failure
You know how, sometimes, you put together plans for a great big party and you invite everyone you know and you set out food and drinks and chairs and music and then, well, only a few people show up?...
View Articleephesians 6:10-20: the whole armor of God
My husband and I saw The Hobbit last night. An Unexpected Adventure as Tolkein titled it. It was an adventure indeed, full of courage from unlikely, small people, bloody battles, bravery and daring and...
View Article8 million bats descend on, hover over, and cram into 2.5 acres [8 pictures]
At the end of each October, the straw-colored fruit bats begin to gather in Zambia’s Kasanka National Park on an area of swampy forest barely bigger than two football fields. They pack so close...
View ArticleJim James, 'Regions of Light and Sound of God'
The versatile musician releases his solo debut, and it doesn't disappoint. When the language of the soul enters rock 'n' roll, its spirituality tends to be all-inclusive, freeform and wary of answers....
View ArticleAndy From 'Parks and Rec' Is Marvel's New Superhero
Marvel's hinging its 2014 hopes on an odd duck: a big-budget superhero movie based on Guardians of the Galaxy, a mid-level group of space explorers most people outside the Marvel super-nerd circle...
View ArticleThe Goodness of Work
My eight year-old son wanted a new handheld gaming system, but we didn't have the funds to give him one. Plus, I long for my boys to know the value of working for the things they want, instead of...
View ArticleBaby fast asleep in her car seat…until her favorite song comes on
This is hilariously adorable… (via Reddit)
View ArticleHeart quotes
We all have different points of view on the value of our heart. I searched and found a few. Which ones connect best with you? “The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.” ― Blaise Pascal...
View ArticleMeditating on God’s Divine Providence and Love: Psalm 31
A completely different format today that I hope you will fully engage with. It certainly fits our situation, and I suspect it does for many of you. This was found at the blog of Tim Chester where, as...
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