By Mariah Secrest I have a confession to make to the pop rock mainstay band downhere. When Jeff and I had the chance to sit down for a few minutes and talk with them about life and music, they said that two main reasons kept them on the road. One was the camaraderie they had … Continue reading Voices in Culture: downhere Interview
By Elysa MacLellan Book Review: Confessions of a Good Christian Guy By Tom Davis My husband and I just finished reading CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD CHRISTIAN GUY by Tom Davis. Tom is the president of CHILDREN’S HOPECHEST, a ministry to orphans primarily in Russia and Swaziland. Underneath the title of the book’s cover are the … Continue reading Confessions of a Good Christian Guy: Book Review
By Mariah Secrest Be honest. Youve had the experience of being in the car, surfing the radio stations, and coming upon a song that you immediately identified as having a Christian sound before you even heard the lyrics. Unfortunately, much of the Christian music industry is categorized by a certain conformity of style. This assumed … Continue reading Voices in Culture: After Edmund Interview
By Leah Anderson Strip me open; run me dry. I’m scared and prideful, but I have to die. Break my heart; kill my pride. Consume my being till I cannot hide. Tame my tongue and take control Of my mind, my heart, my soul. Drive in deep Your Holy presence, And fill me in with … Continue reading Poem: Through the Desert
By Erin Wilson Swaziland: The Manzini Dump The health care system is sketchy at best. But for the mentally ill, for those with terrible brokenness there is nothing. The country of Swaziland has no psychiatrists. One psychologist. For nearly one million people suffering under the crushing grief that comes with an HIV rate of more … Continue reading Poem: The Dump in Manzini
By Harold Vance The Psalmist Sitting just beyond the edge of the wood, Within the wood, but before it grows thick and dense, The birds sing me to wake, To really wake, to become awakened, To become that much more alive. I pray to the One who brought me here, Who made all of this … Continue reading Poem: The Psalmist
By Jeff Campbell I entered The World through the holes in your hands. The Holes in Your Hands. I swam like a blood cell in Your Love. And I was healed where you washed me. And I was saved, skin-deep; As deep as I allowed myself to be redeemed. I have wounds, too. I have … Continue reading Poem: Wounds
By Jody Matheson To call Reasons for Faith: Making a Case for the Christian Faith a resource book would not give it the praise that it deserves. This collection of essays goes beyond a teaching tool. The written word of many of the 25 authors collected is both readable and easily understood. The editors, Norman … Continue reading No Apologies for Apologetics: Book Review on Reasons for Faith
By Mariah Secrest At first take, Matt Annecharico seems like another musician on the cusp of hitting it big. First leaning on his background in theater, independent film, and television, Matts success has branched out to include music. His musical tangent developed into a sincere enthusiasm, one which eventually landed his song Never Believed In … Continue reading Unlikely Beauty, Part 3: Matt Annecharico
By Mariah Secrest Last time, I explored with you whether the arts can have a valid role in an impoverished world. This week Ill be kicking off a series of articles that feature people or groups who are bringing the arts to unlikely places. People who believe that art is not just a luxury or … Continue reading Unlikely Beauty, Part 1: CTI Music Ministries