The Cyber-body of Christ

If the church is the body of Christ, then perhaps the biggest church body is the one found on the Internet. With Christian sites dotting every inch of the spiritual spectrum, believers can find their special place in the “church” on the Web. For years the...

Getting an E-ducation on the Web

Online education. Distance learning. Internet courses. Virtual study. For some folks, those terms seem oxymoronic. They stand for everything that’s wrong with culture in general and education in particular. They read “online education” and think...

Til Death, or a Mouse-Click, Do Us Part

Click to get hitched. Or unhitched. Whatever your marital status, online services abound to help you change it. Dating, marriage and divorce are all just a click, questionnaire and check away because mating rituals—like other rites of passage—are being cyberized....

‘Millennials’ More Spiritual, Cooperative

Today’s youth are more spiritual and cooperative than their parents, according to a recent Dallas Morning News article. The July 20 article interviewed several teens, as well as religion and culture scholars. “When my friends were kids, they went to church...

Americans Distrust CEOs, Polls Find

Two national polls found Americans distrust corporate executives. A CBS News poll asked, “Are most corporate executives honest?” Over two-thirds of Americans responded negatively. Sixty-seven percent said most CEOs were dishonest, compared to 55 percent in...