Elsewhere: Princesses, Motherhood, Future Churches, Paste, and #

Drew

Walter Dellinger asks, “If Violent Video Games are Ok, Are Contraception Videos , Too?”

“You Write Like a Girl” Abby Farson Pratt believes that there is a “qualitative prejudice in our society against women’s ability to create art.”

“Hail to the Housewife” Libby Copeland of Slate asks, does Michele Bachmann’s political drive clash with her evangelical convictions?

Danielle Mayfield reflects on parenting girls and fighting princess propaganda.

Monday is Independence Day–so I thought you should reflect on the excellent questions Derek Thomas brings up in this article.

Jason

Wired wants you to imagine what the future of churches could look like.

What was your very first online handle/alias, and why did you choose it? (For the record, mine was “nekros”, which seemed appropriate for all of the Christian goth forums and chatrooms that I frequented circa 1998.)

“In politics, it is not the purpose of Christians to favor Christianity.”

Rich
One mom shares how she decided whether to let her sons play Call of Duty: Black Ops. We’re glad she didn’t, though we don’t think all first-person shooters are all bad.

I got to interview the guy who made the iPhone app, Strange Rain!

Paste Magazine is (kind of) back!

Child of Eden, according to, well, me, is a game about accepting your place in the universe.

What Christians can respect about… Slutwalks?!

Have a good weekend, I’ll be listening to some music here if you need me!

Alan
A therapist who helps keep homosexuals in the closet? Interesting implications and questions for the Church’s ministry to homosexuals.

Tim Keller on our motivation for social justice. Right now Keller is easily my favorite conservative Christian voice on social justice and mercy ministries. He always shows how the Gospel should naturally evoke in us a desire for justice and compassion.

I have # in my hashtags so I can tag while I #. An interesting write up on the nature of hashtags.