Category: Modern Culture

I first came across Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling the American Church  by Kenda Creasy Dean, professor at Princeton Theological seminary, when a

I like my head, and I like even better that it is attached to my body. Despite the title of this post, I have no plans to have

Gone are the days of baseball and apple pie as the hallmarks of Americana (and I’m a big fan of both). Twenty-first century America looks a lot more

‘We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making

It happened Wednesday morning 12/2/15, there was another mass shooting in the United States. This was followed by the usual storm of media information, misinformation, repetition, and general

There has been a lot of talk about Planned Parenthood in the media the last few weeks. Much of this talk has centered around the group doing certain

Several months ago I wrote on my (and my husband’s) search to find a new church.  You can read those articles here. I’m happy to report that we

In the last couple of years violence towards Christians has increased in South America, Africa, India, and in China. In China much of the violence has been aimed

In recent weeks another sexual abuse scandal surfaced.  Josh Duggar, of the family on the reality show 19 Kids and Counting from TLC, admitted to sexually molesting several young girls when

I guess I’m a “church hopper.” I never meant to be.  I never set out for this like some sort of goal. In fact, I consider myself a “church stayer”,