Jason Byassee: U2 and leadership
U2’s concerts are famously like worship. They also might show us something about leadership.
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Why ask why?
The Coen brothers’ new movie “A Serious Man” wrestles with spiritual questions without coming up with simple answers, writes religion columnist Cathleen Falsani.
Photo by Eric Gray | Courtesy of Trinity Baptist Church
Walk into the Bible
A church tells the oldest stories in a new way. A bold, one-of-a-kind mural project enriches children’s ministry and helps heal wounds at Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas.
In praise of left tackles
Christian institutions focus on the public face of their organizations. But football teaches us we must focus on those less visible leaders who protect our blind sides, says L. Gregory Jones.
Jason Byassee: Videos that seem like good news, but aren’t
Colbert hammering Bart Ehrman and the dancing wedding video both seem like good news. They're not.
Jason Byassee: Spying God at Target
A “pinhead academic theologian” has to talk about God in the most public of places: the checkout line at Target.
Tension gives it groove
Jazz improvisation offers a metaphor for resolving conflict not by eliminating it, but by using it to create something beautiful, says Ross Kane.
Richard J. Mouw: For a civil parking lot
Aristotle was right. The city is where we learn to flourish in our humanness. So how come today we're so rude to strangers that a simple act of kindness can undo us?
Jason Byassee: Vows and the certainty of Time
In marriage, Baptism, or leadership, what could be more important than joyful loyalty?
Melissa Wiginton: Impartial? No. Loving? Yes.
Judges are always influenced by their experience. The scary thing is when they and others are unaware of it.