Sigh No More is missional because the music goes out into the streets and MP3 players and pubs, straight to where lost people reside and brings them the hope and light of Christ’s transformative power in a language they can grasp.
When Does Humor Become Hate Speech? Analyzing Grantland’s Focus on Tim Tebow’s Faith, by Adam Caress
Is there a double standard when it comes to hate speech? As a society, we tend to view rooting against someone just because of their religion as an example of prejudice. So what makes rooting against Tim Tebow because he’s…
Danger! Angry Christian Blogger
As the Blue Like Jazz movie controversy starts to get rolling, we thought it might be worth reposting a few lessons learned from 2011’s greatest controversy surrounding “Love Wins” “Christians are routinely taught by example and word that it is…
Christian Movie Establishment vs. Blue Like Jazz? Three Perspectives
The Controversy over the Controversial Movie Adaptation of Donald Miller’s Controversial Best-Seller May Be This Year’s “Love Wins” “I’m glad movies like Fireproof exist, and I wish its makers continued success. But most of my movie-going friends are ready for a different…
Well Done, Jack Gilbert: Beloved Hollywood Mentor, Young Life Leader, and Friend (1950-2012)
In our ongoing long lunches at Sharky’s Mexican Grill (Jack is on a first name basis with everyone there) he never ceased to amaze me with insight into life in Christ, and what it takes to make it as a Christian in the entertainment industry.
Pray for Jack Gilbert: Act One Faculty Member Fighting for His Life
One of Hollywood’s Brightest Lights Needs Your Prayers “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall…
Voices from the Edge of Culture: Interview with MTV Writer Kevin Chesley
(Note: This interview was conducted before Hard Times‘ cancellation.) I can only hope that Randy Elrod‘s posts on edgy artists helped prepare you for today’s interview with Kevin Chesley, screen and television writer extraordinaire. Kevin’s current assignment is writing for MTV’s…
Support of OCTOBER BABY This Weekend, by Larry Poland, PhD
Dear Two Handed Warriors, I am writing to ask you to consider supporting the film October Baby by attending a showing at your local cinema this weekend. Executive Producer, Dave Alan Johnson, has been…
Study Finds Millennials More ‘Generation ME’ Than ‘Generation WE’, by Joanna Chau
Young Americans are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled Than Ever Before–and More Miserable by Joanna Chau Millennials, the generation of young Americans born after 1982, may not be the caring, socially conscious environmentalists some have portrayed them to be, according to a study…
Sex, Violence, and the Teenage Music Industry, by Adam Caress
The TV and Film industry’s sexualization of teenage girls pales in comparison to the combination of sex and violence in the music industry Adam Caress is a thoughtful inside commentator on music, faith and culture for Mule Variations: Music Culture…
The End of Teaching as We Know It, by Alvaro Gonzalez-Alorda
As a follow up to the J.R. Miller’s wildly successful article “Flipped Theology: How Flipping Your Classroom Increases Learning,” we turned to one of the top slideshares on the new teaching revolution in higher education. by Alvaro Gonzalez-Alorda Six Key…