By Chris Higgins In his fascinating book, The Greatest Stories Never Told, Rick Beyer recounts the ecclesiastical controversy which brewed when the coffee craze first began some six centuries ago. In Turkey during the 1500s, coffee was such a necessity that a woman would divorce a man who didn’t provide her with enough coffee. […]
By Christy Barritt FDA Considers Allowing Three-Parent Babies In February, a U.S. advisory board within the Food and Drug Administration met to discuss the possibility of allowing babies to be created from the DNA of three people. Officials said their goal in pursuing this technology was to prevent major genetic diseases from being passed […]
By Jacqueline J. Holness I read a Facebook post by gospel singer Mandisa about why she chose not to attend the Grammy Awards this year, although she ended up winning two Grammys (for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song and Best Contemporary Christian Music Album). I was inspired by her transparency. Among several reasons why […]
By Dan Lentz 1. People build physical bridges over rivers and gorges as a way to get over an obstacle. If you could build a metaphorical bridge over a social or relational obstacle, what would it be and why? (Example: I would build a bridge to solve world hunger because I’ve visited a third […]
By Sam E. Stone Each Gospel adds details and insights that help us better understand the broad ministry of Jesus. Lynn Gardner reminds us, “Luke omitted many events that occurred after Jesus’ baptism and temptation and before his preaching ministry in Galilee (Luke 4:14ff). These events are described in John 1:19–4:42.” Luke describes Jesus’ […]
