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| By Gabe Lyons
For the LGBT community and many Christian leaders alike, New York’s recognition of same-sex marriage is a symbolic milestone in a more than three-decade old culture war. Gabe Lyons considers the benefit of moving on to more important societal conversations about healthy marriage and sexuality.
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| By Matthew T. Dickerson
Our advances in science and technology have overcome many of the challenges that our forebears were unable to meet. Our lives are paved with unthinkable convenience, and we expect our engineers to continue providing solutions for the world's problems. Matthew T. Dickerson, however, says that we must be careful where we place our hopes of redemption.
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| By Cherie Harder
Fashion is at once the most visible and overlooked industry. More than giving us what we wear, the runway reflects our history, projects our future, and brands our deeply held beliefs about who we are and who we strive to be. Cherie Harder, President of the Trinity Forum, explains why we must engage this influential and philosophy-laden industry.
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| By Bobette Buster
In our culture, he who tells the best story wins. Creating great, epiphany-producing narratives involves a particular talent that applies far beyond film and changes the way you write books, marketing copy, funding proposals, research reports, sermons, and so much more. Bobette Buster has built and sustained a long, respected career in the film industry by being the best at finding and developing epiphanies in some of the greatest movies we've all enjoyed.
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| By David Kinnaman
No previous generation has experienced such dramatic, compounded cultural change as the generation now coming of age. The faith journeys of the next generation are playing themselves out against this backdrop. Millions are cutting their connection to church, and their faith, during their young adult years. David Kinnaman describes the three types of spiritual journeys that young people take, how their anti-institutional mindset is different than that of young adults in the past and how organizations and churches can respond effectively to today’s prodigals, nomads and exiles.
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| By Tim Keller
If we can demonstrate healthy sexuality as a Church, what unlimited redemption is possible for our starving, sex-crazed culture? Tim Keller outlines a compelling and orthodox sexual ethic, and the proper role of singleness and marriage within the Church.
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| By Micah White
Can we fight back against the incessant flow of logos, brands, slogans and jingles that submerge our streets, invade our homes and flicker on our screens? Micah White, senior editor at Adbusters, argues that we must first recognize that we suffer from mental pollution before we can even begin to reclaim our imaginations and our mind space.
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| By Rebekah Lyons
It's 3:45 a.m. and you have been lying awake for almost an hour, plagued by self-doubt and anxiety. It begins with your son’s dropping grades at school, and how he is losing his confidence. This rabbit trails to your daughter’s heart, and the defiance that leaves you exhausted. You blame yourself and how you are failing to reach her. The clock keeps ticking and you move on to other stressors: you don't call your parents enough, your siblings are far away, you have an inbox that never empties...
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| By Skye Jethani
Church practitioners have been sent scrambling by the growing awareness that an entire generation is leaving the church. Many have attempted to answer why they are leaving, but few are offering solutions to stop the hemorrhaging. Author Skye Jethani says the answer might be changing the way we’re relating to God. Instead of life over, under, or even for God, he says this generation should pursue life with God.
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| By Imam Feisal
Tensions between Muslims and Christians have skyrocketed in recent months; misunderstandings run rampant and caricatures abound. How can the world’s two largest religions co-exist and even cooperate in such a contentious time? Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf of the Cordoba Initiative and Gabe Lyons discuss the future for faith relations in the West.
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| By Tyler Wigg-Stevenson
Earlier this year, the Two Futures Project launched the Know Shelter initiative. They've spent four years engaging Christians to advance policies that will help prevent nuclear weapons from wreaking their awful havoc and the mass killing of innocents. But with Know Shelter, they're adding preparedness to the mix, to help churches equip their cities with the two critical steps that can save lives in the event of nuclear terrorism.
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