“People are against my theory, because it is at the same time avant-garde and Christian: the avant-garde people are anti-Christian, and many of the Christians are anti-avant-garde.” -René Girard
David Kinnaman Interviews Scot McKnight on Women in Leadership
Part 3 in series: Women of Faith in Leadership Scot McKnight, an award-winning author, blogger, Two Handed Warrior contributor, and professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lombard, IL, has written extensively about women in the church, discipleship and the…
Twitter Fail: Tweeting Tips for Leaders, by Phil Cooke, PhD
Why your Tweets may be driving people away when you could be sharing your story and connecting it with others by Phil Cooke, PhD, president of Cooke Pictures Scanning the Twitter feeds of nonprofit and religious leaders, it’s pretty easy to…
One-Minute Animated Primers on Major Theories of Religion
From Karl Marx to Richard Dawkins in 60 seconds By: Maria Popova Last year, Open University brought us 60-Second Adventures in Thought — a fascinating and wonderfully animated series exploring six famous philosophy thought experiments. This season, they’re back with 60-Second Adventures in Religion — four short…
Relationships, Theology and Suffering: How College Students Grow Spiritually
Part 5 of series The Spiritual Lives of Christian College Students. The fifth and final reflection on the spirituality of students attending Christian colleges based upon Todd’s national research project, informed by Spiritual Transformation Inventory (STI) data from over 5,000 students attending CCCU and ABHE colleges and universities.…
Christian College Seniors Report Lower Spiritual Vitality than Freshman, by Todd W. Hall, PhD
The third of five reflections on The Spiritual Lives of Christian College Students based upon Todd’s national research project, including Spiritual Transformation Inventory data from over 5,000 students attending CCCU and ABHE colleges and universities. by Todd W. Hall, PhD When we look at how students’ spirituality changes…
How to Write Everyday Without Missing Your Life, by Genevieve Parker Hill
“The earlier in the day I write, the more likely I am to: a) write that day, and b) write more that day.” …………………………….-Genevieve Parker Hill by Author and World Traveler, Genevieve Parker Hill I’m deep in the thickets of drafting my…
The Source of Creativity?
Our language determines our realities, not the other way around.
The Lake Isle of Innisfree: Heaven and Hell
by Exfontibus I was thinking of Heaven as I was reading William Butler Yeats‘ classic poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” (below) a couple of days ago. Suddenly it struck me how terrible it would be if Heaven were just a place we…