“A problem with a piece of writing often clarifies itself if you go for a long walk.” …
What Will Survive of Us Is Love: Helen Dunmore’s 9 Rules of Writing, by Maria Popova
Screenwriting 101: A Step by Step Guide to Achieving the Impossible – Step 6, by Christopher Riley
“There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.” …
René Girard: The Greatest Christian Intellectual You Never Heard of, by Cynthia Haven
“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…
What Women Think of Leadership and Their Role in the Church
Part 2 in series: Women of Faith in Leadership “There is an enormous range of experiences for women in today’s churches, from those who are very satisfied to those who feel as if the church is one of the least welcoming…
4 Keys to Finding The Perfect Mentor You’ve Always Wanted
A good mentor is hard to find. Here’s where to start your search. by Margaret Feinberg Over the years, I’ve found some incredible mentors in my life—people who have spoken words of wisdom and guidance into our marriage, finances, personal…
Hollywood’s Perception of Value Versus Real Value
America emulates movieland’s way of measuring the worth of things, which teaches us to place the perception of value over value itself. by Neal Gabler, in the LA Times Believe it not, there was actually a time not so long ago…
Two Handed Warriors Named to CT’s ’50 Women You Should Know’
Part One in Series “Women of Faith in Leadership” Posted by Gary David Stratton, Senior Editor Congratulations to Two Handed Warrior contributors Margaret Feinberg and Rachel Held Evans for their inclusion in Christianity Today’s “50 Women You Should Know” (below).…
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.…
Today’s College Students Fit one of Five Spirituality Types, by Todd W. Hall, PhD
Part 4 of series The Spiritual Lives of Christian College Students. The fourth of five reflections 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.…