Culture
This offer is no longer available. The book is on Amazon here. Who doesn't need to eat better and lose a few pounds in the process? Especially after all those church covered-dish lunches. The Lifestyle Center of America is giving away 20,000 advance reader copies of The
church as abbey
In the gift economy, information wants to be free. So, here are the latest freebies I've run across that are both free and excellent. The new Neue Quarterly will be out soon, and my article "Remembering Why You Said Yes" is in this issue. You can
Community
Here's the sermon I'm preaching tomorrow. It's the sixth in the series, "Seven Cultural Challenges Every Church Faces." I hope your day is wonderful! Seven Cultural Challenges Every Church Faces #6 -- Criticism: Why Don't They Like Us Anymore? Matthew
Church news
Jeff Sharlet, contributing editor of Rolling Stone, is author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism At The Heart of American Power. His book about the group best-known for sponsoring the National Prayer Breakfast has gained renewed interest since its hardback publication in 2008. With two of its members confessing to
Church news
This is Part 2 of my interview with Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power. This week, The Family is #5 in Amazon.com's sales rankings. If you'd like to catch up, Part 1 of the interview is
Christian history
This is part 1 of my exclusive interview with Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family. Parts 2 and 3 will be posted Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Interview with Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family: Part 1 by Chuck Warnock Jeff Sharlet is author of The Family: The Secret
Community
In their infinite wisdom, our board of supervisors has decided the way out of our county's financial squeeze (we're the 2nd poorest county in Virginia) is to allow beer and wine sales on Sundays. One supervisor commented tonight, "This isn't about religion, it&
Culture
Here is the sermon I preaching tomorrow. It's the 5th in a series of 8 sermons around the theme, Seven Cultural Challenges Every Church Faces. The first four were Secularism, Pluralism, Nominalism, and Materialism. I hope your Sunday is great! Seven Cultural Challenges Every Church Faces Post-Modernism: Why
Culture
Here is the sermon I'm preaching tomorrow. This is the 4th in a series of 8 sermons under the theme -- Seven Cultural Challenges Each Church Faces. I hope your Sunday is wonderful! Seven Cultural Challenges Each Church Faces Materialism: Why Do We Have So Much Stuff? Luke
John
This is the third sermon in an eight part series titled, "Seven Cultural Challenges Every Church Faces." I'm preaching this one tomorrow, and I hope your Sunday is a great one. Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there, too! Seven Cultural Challenges Every Church
Acts
Here's the sermon I'm preaching tomorrow. This is the 2nd in an 8-part series titled, "Seven Cultural Challenges Every Church Faces." This week we're dealing with the challenge of pluralism -- a culture of many faiths. I hope your Sunday is wonderful!
Creativity
Over at Harvard Business's online blog, Umair Haque launches a blistering attack on Wonga, a UK payday lender that charges 2,689% annual interest! In other words, a $100 loan paid back a year later will cost the borrower $2,689. Incredibly, Haque points out that three venture