Today I’ll be chatting with Heather Gilbert, author of the forthcoming God’s Daughter, a Viking Historical. Being that I know so little about Vikings, and even less about why a homemaker from West Virginia would write about them, I figured I’d visit with Heather and dig a little deeper. * * * MIKE: Hi, Heather! [...]
So what would possess an ordinary woman — wife, mother, IT professional, and non-zombie lover — to start up her own small press? Okay, so Jessica Thomas isn’t that ordinary. But she did recently fire up the jets on a new small press. To understand the thinking behind such an endeavor, Jessica graciously agreed to [...]
So some Christian organization put up a video billboard in New York’s Times Square in which they jeer at atheists. What follows is Christians bemoaning about how unloving and insensitive this is. Like Micah Murray. We’ve forgotten that “we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against [...]
The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert remains one of the best books I’ve read this year. The author, Rosario Butterfield went from being a professor in Syracuse University’s Women’s Studies Department, an English major specializing in Critical Theory, particularly Queer Theory, a practicing lesbian, a political activist and outspoken advocate for numerous gay and [...]
I’m a soft egalitarian. “Soft” in that, unlike the “gender neutral” crowd, I think men are inherently different than women and, as such, have different strengths and different roles. “Egalitarian” in that I think women can fill just about any role a man can. I’m not too hip on female pastors, mainly for cultural reasons. [...]
Guest Post by R.J. Anderson @rj_anderson Dear Street Preacher, I saw you downtown this morning, as I was heading back to my car. A fit-looking guy, early fifties, casually dressed in jeans and a sweatshirt, your neat-trimmed beard streaked with silver. Nothing strange or threatening about you really, except for the shouting. From the way [...]
Once, while in the ministry, I received a letter from a woman who’d been sexually and emotionally abused as a child by her parents. At the time, she was a relatively new believer, growing steadily in her faith. Until she encountered this verse: Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long [...]
He wouldn’t be the first celebrity pundit to overstep his bounds. But after Bill O’Reilly’s interview with 60 Minutes last night about his latest book Killing Jesus, I’m thinking the Fox News commentator might want to stick to politics and social commentary. Apparently, the authors (Martin Dugard co-authored the book) claim the story of Jesus’ [...]
As I’ll be binge writing this October, my blogging will be sporadic. So I’ve lined up some guest posts and interviews that are sure to offer thrills, chills, and an occasional blown fuse. Stephanie Drury — Founder and webmaster behind Stuff Christian Culture Likes, Stephanie will be answering some questions about what’s wrong with evangelical [...]
Apparently, the best way to maintain “popular consensus” is to shut dissenters up. At least, that’s the sense I got after reading why Popular Science announced it was shutting off comments. Comments can be bad for science. That’s why, here at PopularScience.com, we’re shutting them off. Comments can be bad for… huh? Citing a study [...]
