Julia Duin has written a really insightful piece in The Washington Times about the religious questions being asked by this generation. 30 years ago the question was “Is there a God?” And while this question is still fueling book sales, Duin reports that the issue has shifted from God’s existence to his goodness.A pastor she interviewed near the University of Virginia says the young are very turned off by organized religion. He reports that the young are saying, “‘What I know about God I don’t like.’ Their biggest complaint is that God acts in morally inferior ways compared to us.”Duin’s article continues:

The current 20-something…may believe God exists but is not worthy of his or her worship or devotion, much less obedience.

The God who gets

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Okay, I’m taking the bait and entering into the traitorous waters of the health care reform debate. To be upfront, I have no strong opinion on the details of the legislation being considered. Like many other Americans, I believe the system is broken and needs reform. However I remain skeptical about the best way to improve it.There is one aspect of the debate that has finally motivated me to put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard. That is the general response from pro-life Christians who are adamantly opposed to government involvement in any new health care program.An article in USA Today reports that a newly formed organization of conservative Christians called the Freedom Federation has great fears that any government run healthcare system would use

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This story comes from Change.org:In 2007, a case of crucifixes purchased by St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York was traced back to a factory in China where girls as young as 15 were forced to work up to 19-hour days, seven days a week.  Today, Christian items from bible covers to t-shirts are being made in factories which abuse and traffic workers.  And some Christians are standing up and refusing to stand for slavery.The Just Holy Hardware Campaign has launched this week as part of a movement to end slavery, especially slavery of children, in the production of religious items.  The initiative, based in Australia, aims to provide religious organizations with paraphernalia made under fair labor conditions, with a “no-slavery” guarantee. Sr. Pauline Coll, a representative on the national executive of…

In recent weeks we’ve posted a number of articles on Out of Ur debating the nature of the church. This is an interesting turn in the conversation. For a few years now church leaders and theologians have been debating the nature and scope of the gospel. It seems that conversation has now spilled over into a debate about the church-what is it and what constitutes a legitimate expression of the church?On Out of Ur, Frank Viola speaks against the notion that any gathering of two or more Christians qualifies as “church.” And an excerpt from a new book features arguments pro and con the validity of internet based congregations.Today I came across a blog post by Kyle Strobel that’s definitely worth reading. Based on what’s being

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