Why didn’t Generation X leave the church while the Millennials are leaving in droves? Richard Beck thinks it has something to do with social media tools : The difference between Generations X and Y isn’t in their views of the church. It’s about those cellphones. It’s about . . . . Continue Reading »
John Willson on why, in the 1950s, everybody watched Bishop Sheen : . . . the most popular person on the most visible proof of prosperity, television, was a Catholic Bishop. America’s Bishop, his biographer Thomas Reeves calls him. Fulton J. Sheen did “Life Is Worth Living” on the Du . . . . Continue Reading »
When we gather together as Christians, we let our guard down. We expect that people will be honest about who they are and their motives. We tend not to stop to consider that someone may be engaging in the discussion in bad faith. What if, for example, someone was offering comments . . . . Continue Reading »
A child born without a cerebellum is learning to walk. From the story: A three-year-old boy has baffled doctors after he has started learning to walk, despite missing a key part of his brain. Chase Britton was born prematurely and an MRI scan at the age of one revealed he was completely missing his . . . . Continue Reading »
An eleven-year-old at Salem Lutheran Church in Tomball, Texas explains where Jesus can be found in all sixty-six books of the Bible. He’s such an impressive preacher he could be mistaken for a Baptist. (Via: Kevin Staley-Joyce) . . . . Continue Reading »
If you’ve every played Civilization IV —one of the greatest video games of all time—you’ve heard the theme song “Baba Yetu.” But did know that the lyrics are the Lord’s Prayer in Swahili? Last night the song, which is sung by the Soweto Gospel Choir, became the . . . . Continue Reading »
As of February 28, my position as Senior Editor at First Things will end. Such is the publishing world: the challenge of producing a well-printed book of nearly a hundred pages in a world of sound-bites and digital images compels the journal to undertake major economies. I’ve been invited to . . . . Continue Reading »
Why do so many musical superstars think that their careers are part of a divine plan ? Before they were famous, many of the biggest pop stars in the world believed that God wanted them to be famous, that this was his plan for them, just as it was his plan for the rest of us not to be famous. . . . . Continue Reading »
Biological colonialism—the named I coined for rich (usually) Westerners traveling to destitute countries to buy kidneys, rent uteri from “gestational carriers,” conduct unethical medical experimentation, etc.—has led some nations to outlaw non nationals from obtaining organ . . . . Continue Reading »
Today is the eighteenth anniversary of the death of the great Anglican theologian — believed by many to have been the greatest Anglican theologian of the last century — Eric Mascall. In Eric Lionel Mascall as Anglican Patrimony , my friend William Tighe offers a tribute to his friend, . . . . Continue Reading »
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