The NYTimes focuses on the new and virulant strain of atheism in this piece which includes this insight from a church musician: Loretta Haskell, (a) church musician, said: “I did struggle at one point as to whether or not I...
However sincere intent may be, it can be obscured or lost by poor presentation. Case in point is the David Ingles album cover below. Note the label in the upper left corner: “dip stereo.” Ouch. I wonder: In worship services,...
Songwriter Gerrit Gustafson (Only By Grace, Mighty is Our God) writes: Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me. Matthew 25:40 Tucked away in an alley off a dingy street in...
Here’s this answer (in part) by Glimpses of Christian History: Was Shakespeare a true Christian? Some of the anecdotes about his life make that doubtful. Nonetheless, a month before his death, he wrote his will, which he concluded by saying,...
With the 2008 Presidential Election in full swing last September, the tropical storms and hurricanes that ravaged Haiti escaped the attention of most… …but not the Miami Herald, who sent photographer Patrick Farrell to the island nation. He returned with...
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“The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children...
Is your worship a bit stale? Are your personal devotions rote? Do you need healing in an area somewhere? Are you asking for God’s protection and favor? Then take a recommendation from Isaiah: I’ll tell you what it really means...
A new opportunity fr om the Catalyst folks for songwriters: Catalyst is about Leaders. Leaders w ho have a passion to impact our Generation, includin g leaders in music and the arts. We value t he local church. We value...
By Mary Karr From the far star points of his pinned extremities, cold inched in—black ice and squid ink— till the hung flesh was empty. Lonely in that void even for pain, he missed his splintered feet, the human stare...