Michael Steele, former Lt. Gov. of Maryland, has been elected the first African-American chairman of the GOP. Steele is thoughtful, conservative, and the first African-American elected to a statewide office in Maryland. Maryland, by the way, is a largly Democratic state. Good move by the Republicans, though the process of winning a larger chunk of the African-American electorate is going to take a lot more work and much longer time. Read more

Here’s Christianity Today’s 10 Most Redeeming Films of 2008.  Also check out Ben Bartlett’s take on the concept of the list as well as the whole category of  the “Most Redeeming Films”. Read more

Kurt Warner wears “unlucky” # 13 to profess that his faith allows no room for superstition Read more

We’ll be liveblogging/twittering the SuperBowl here. And I’m not really as interested in the game as the culture surrounding it. Especially the commercials. Read more

The Indie Rock Pastor of the Evangelical World? What do you think of this guy? Read more

We want to remind you all that there are some serious events going on right at this moment. The winter storm has knocked out power for over 800,000 people across the U.S. and we’ve seen a number of folks killed because of car accidents and the like. Not to mention all the homeless who are suffering through these winter storms. Be in pray for them and, if possible, find ways to help (Any suggestions on how to help in this... Read more