Unhinged by “The Sweatpants of Bloatedness and the Pimple of Doom”

Jana Greene | Apr 23, 2013

Jana Greene writes about remembering God's grace - even on your worst days - saying: "Making me even grumpier was that on some level, I realized how trivial all of these problems are. They are First World Problems. Middle-age Problems.  Bad Economy Problems. They are not the biggest issues I face, but they all conspired to storm the castle of my spirit at once, and my defenses were down."
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If love waits, does a backlash follow?

Bonny Logsdon Burns | Apr 9, 2013

Have you ever stood in front of your youth group or congregation and pledged you would not have sex before marriage? Or if you've ever signed a purity pledge, did you experience a cultural or personal backlash from that decision? Pearl writes about what's buzzing in the Christian Purity Culture these days.
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Job creators versus The Creator

David Scott | Mar 28, 2013

David Scott shares a TED talk he recently watched that makes a connection between job creators and a divine creator.
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What Generation None needs now

Father Peter Robichau | Mar 4, 2013

Father Peter Robichau says: "I believe that now, more than ever, we need a church that cares less about adapting to our ever-changing society and more about transforming our society with the good news that there is a God who cares deeply about every human being."
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Acting Ugly: God has no stepchildren (red-headed or otherwise)

Jana Greene | Feb 24, 2013

Jana Greene writes about our willfulness being our own worst enemies. She writes: "I didn’t want to talk to God about it. I felt like there was a wedge between him and me because I was so messy, even though I know that’s the right thing to do. I wanted to own my little tantrum for awhile, truthfully."
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Is God the missing character in Downton Abbey?

David Gibson | Religion News Service | Feb 15, 2013

(RNS) The third season of the megahit television series “Downton Abbey” wraps up on Sunday (Feb. 17), capping another must-see run of ruin and redemption at Lord Grantham’s stately English manor. Yet some are still left puzzling over the absence of what should be a leading player in this colorful cast: God.
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Christian worker quits over 666 on tax form

Bob Smietana | USA Today and The Tennessean | Feb 8, 2013

Walter Slonopas said he quit his job last week in order to save his soul.
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VIEWPOINTS: If you could paint a picture of the Divine, what would it look like?

Amanda Greene | Feb 2, 2013

Whether it's Michelangelo's commanding white-bearded old man reaching forth with a muscular finger to touch mankind or a wispy mist, picturing the Divine is pure imagination.
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Would Jesus conceal and carry?

Amanda Greene | Jan 28, 2013

In the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the gun control debate rages. Some evangelicals say it's their God-given right to own a gun. What say you?
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Are guns a religious/moral issue?

Amanda Greene | Dec 24, 2012

Since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 160 people have been shot and killed in the U.S. according to Slate magazine. Is the gun control debate also a religious/moral debate?
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