Can You Still Be Social in This Social-Media Era?

The 1990s are having a “culture resurgence,” according to a recent interview in the New York Times. A young actress named Sarah Goldberg was featured in a brief interview about a TV show she is starring in on VH1. Goldberg is a character in the series...

‘Festering’ alienation

By John Pierce It is easy to understand that there are those who oppose the swift-moving cultural acceptance of same-sex marriage in American society. What I struggle to grasp is why those in opposition find this legal granting of civil rights to a very small...

Seeking Out the Light in Others

Two friends gave me a hat recently that had “Hunting the Light” sewn on it. Being the founder of “The Light Project,” light references often come my way, as do the occasional light-bulb sales calls and emails from various factories and...

Welby: Church Exists to Worship God, Make Disciples

Everything Christian churches do beyond worshipping God and making new disciples is decoration, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said. Since becoming the Church of England’s top man, Welby has caught the public’s imagination and headlines through his...

How Not to be Discouraged by the Church

We’ve all heard or used the expression, “My heart isn’t in it anymore.” When we feel that way, we’re in good company. Twice in 2 Corinthians 4, early and late in his reflections on the relationship of our humanity and the good news of...