A Primer For Politicians: The Facts About Poverty & Race
“Stereotype: A fixed, commonly held notion or image of a person or group, based on an oversimplification of some observed or imagined trait of behavior or appearance.” (FromMedia Awareness Network) Those of us in the U.S. are in the midst of another presidential election and the issue of race is figuring prominently into the national conversation More...
Is Christian Growth About More Than A “Personal Relationship With God”
Richard Beck at Experimental Theology offers some challenging thoughts in a post he entitles “The Bait and Switch of Contemporary Christianity.” Beck argues that focusing on our personal relationship More...
The War on Christmas & Consumerism In the Name of Christ
Syke Jethani, an editor for Christianity Today, offers an intriguing perspective on what has become known as “The War on Christmas.” In a recent post, Jethani writes of the historical view that American More...
Michael Vick: Can He Ever Be Forgiven?
ESPN: The Magazine took an interesting approach with its NFL preview issue this year by centering the magazine around the resurgence of Michael Vick, his impact on the NFL and our society. Several articles explored More...
Money Can’t Buy You Love
“I’ll give you all I got to give if you say you love me too/ I may not have a lot to give but what I got I’ll give to you/ I don’t care too much for money, money can’t buy me love” More...
Leadership, Humility & Sins of Omission
From Patrick Lencioni: “See, in most organizations, the biggest problems arise not because leaders are actively promoting the wrong behavior, but rather because they’re passively doing so by allowing people More...
Halloween, Culture & Bad Costume Ideas
From CNN.com: “Thinking about donning a kimono to dress like a geisha for Halloween, or a Mexican mariachi suit? Students from Ohio University have a message for you: “We’re a culture, not a costume.” With More...
Are Big Families More Fun?
It used to be that larger families were the norm. My father’s family had six boys. My mom’s had three boys and two girls. My wife’s mother’s family had ten children. But the average family More...
The Death Penalty: Is It Just?
Did you know that although African Americans make up approximately half of all homicides victims in this country, only 15% of those who receive the death penalty received their penalty after being accused of killing More...
Why Good People Need To Combat Racism
Chris Lahr recounts a telling personal experience on how he encountered prejudice on a simple trip to pick up a few postal packages: “The sign on the front desk said that the proper I.D. was required. I showed More...
