Topics
Spiritual Concerns
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The Soapboxer
Yikes, it’s going global
The globalization of the American evangelical movement
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The Soapboxer
Half-assed ascetic
As much as I’d like to consider myself an ascetic, I probably get drunk too often to qualify. And even without that specific vice, it’s hard to imagine ever being able to match the big leaguers like Saint Francis, Gandhi, and those fellows who permanently hold their arms above their heads to the point of disfigurement out of some sort of Hindu devotion.
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Experiments
The goodness of poverty
Someone will surely point out that asceticism and poverty are not the same; that one is a choice and the other is not. Someone will say you can’t romanticize poverty; you can’t imply that poor people should accept poverty. Poverty is a bad word. So we vilify it – just as progress demands. Because poverty is the opposite of progress.
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Editorial
The Worship Centre Church
Fowler, California – First time I saw it I said to my friend, “That’s a church? Looks more like a casino or something.” Turns out, it was a casino.
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Editorial
High efficiency worship
According to the US government-backed Energy Star program, if all religious worship buildings in the US cut energy use and costs by 25 percent, they would save $500 million and prevent five million tons of carbon dioxide from going into the atmosphere. Let the revival begin.
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Editorial
Top ten reasons why I don’t like identifying myself as evangelical
Top ten reasons why I don’t like identifying myself as evangelical
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The Pastor’s Wife
Jesus was a fatty
Two months after I married my pastor husband, I did the appropriate pastor-wife thing and quit my full-time job. I had to find something to do. I did what any good pastor’s wife would do, I found a Tuesday morning ladies’ Bible study. A Bible study not affiliated with the church where my husband preaches.
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Sinner’s Corner
Top ten reasons why I like identifying myself as an evangelical
Top ten reasons why I like identifying myself as an evangelical
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Editorial
An evangelical body, broken for you… into six convenient types
Public opinion tends to pigeonhole evangelicals as part n’ parcel with conservatives, fundamentalists, born again Christians, over-the-edge fanatics, homophobes and other general crazies. Certainly, it is true that some fanatics are evangelicals, but not all evangelicals are fanatics.
