Monthly Archives: May 2009
4 Out of 10 Babies Born to Unwed Moms
A new story from the Washington Post reports that unwed mothers birth four out of every ten babies born in the US: “More than 1.7 million babies were born to unmarried women in 2007, a 26 percent rise from 2002 … Continue reading
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A “Miracle in Harlem”
New York Times columnist David Brooks recently wrote a noteworthy article, entitled “The Harlem Miracle”, about an inner-city organization that has wrought considerable change in the lives of its students. The Harlem Children’s Zone, run by Geoffrey Canada (a Bowdoin … Continue reading
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The Link 5.8.2009: Girls Gone Wise, Full-Court Presses, and “Tweeting” the Gospel
1. Just heard about the Girls Gone Wise website. I think from Tim Challies. Looks like a terrific resource. Anything Mary Kassian has going on is beneficial for women, I find. I once sat in on a radio show she … Continue reading
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The Beauty of a Small Gospel: David Neff on the Core of Our Faith
From the Christian Vision project with an assist from the Books & Culture page: “God has a small-and-large gospel. We must always let the largeness be God’s. His grand story makes our individual stories bigger as they take on meaning … Continue reading
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The Hard Work of New England Ministry: A Report from a Recent Conference
Some will recall that I blogged about a pastors’ conference with pastor-theologian Steven Lawson in New England in early April 2009. Here’s a report from the organizer, Dave Ricard, the man who runs the New England Center for Expository Preaching, … Continue reading
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Collin Hansen: Should Christians Stay in the City?
CT Editor-at-large Collin Hansen contributes a typically thoughtful piece, entitled “Mobile No More,” that wrestles with the question of mobility. Hansen wonders out loud in the article how the church should confront this issue, especially when it directly affects how … Continue reading
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The Link 5.1.2009: Rapping John Piper, Bruce Ware, Jeremy Tyler, and the SAT
1. If you’re interested in more of the vision behind Dr. Ware’s Big Truths for Young Hearts, here’s a Family Life interview that should help (HT: JT). Now, if the Wares would just write a book on parenting… 2. This … Continue reading
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