Culture

Article Social Media and Perceived Intimacy
- By John Voelz
- Posted on October 18th, 2012
In 1963, anthropologist Edward T. Hall coined the concept of proxemics. The concept says (my paraphrase); What we intend to communicate and how messages are received are affected…
Article Church for the Unaffiliated
- By James K. Wellman, Jr.
- Posted on October 17th, 2012
The American religious landscape is experiencing some fundamental changes. The recent Pew Report highlights findings that question many of the assumptions that previous religious…
Article Jesus Is My Candidate
- By Morgan Guyton
- Posted on October 11th, 2012
A beautiful wind is blowing through the body of Christ in our country right now even as American Christianity seems to be split between a side that’s in decline and a side…
Article Fifty Shades of Reality
- By Shannon Ethridge
- Posted on October 2nd, 2012
My friend Natalie was the first to alert me to the existence of the Fifty Shades of Grey fiction trilogy by E L James. Through a brief email she asked, “Have you seen this?…
Article Disciples in an Election Season
- By Ben Gosden
- Posted on August 27th, 2012
I guess I can’t really help it, but every four years I follow political races like they’re sporting events. Now you must know that my interest comes from the fact that …
Article Preaching Grace in a Culture of Revenge
- By Jill Moffett Howard
- Posted on July 30th, 2012
On May 1, 2011, we all sat glued to our televisions or Internet news source awaiting a huge news story to break at any second. I specifically remember my husband predicting what…