Pope’s US Tour: A Substantive Guide Read more

New York holds skateboard design contest for papal visit Contest held in order to choose the Official Papal Skateboard. Read more

A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina) Still angry and sorrowful over the ravages wrought by Katrina and the ensuing arduous rebuilding and recovery, Terence Blanchard channeled his brimming emotion into a sonic account of the tragedy. Read more

Re-Judaizing Jesus. One of Time’s Ten Ideas that are changing the world. Read more

Cracking the Narnia Code. From time to time, another scholar arrives on the scene claiming to have cracked the code to Lewis’ Narnia. Has the code been cracked? Read more

Real faith in a sci-fi world. George Murphy talks about the increasing respectability of science fiction, the way that religion is (and often isn’t) portrayed in it, and the sorts of theological questions that science fiction can address better than other genres. Read more

The Extinction of the Christian Bookstore? Read more

Christians need to wash their mouth out with soap. Whatever happened to the people who were courteous, reverent, thoughtful, respectful and polite? I don’t see many of those kinds of people anymore. But it’s really no wonder when nearly every medium of communication exudes irreverence with expletives and lies and deceit. Read more

Christian film festival encourages better film making. Authors and screenwriters of Christian books and movies will gather at Lifeway Conference Center this week to pitch projects and learn more about producing films families can watch without wincing. Read more