Julie Clawson What The Hunger Games and the gospels have in common. “THE WORLD will be watching,” runs the ta ...

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove Gandhi and the Unspeakable: His Final Experiment with Truth, by James W. Douglass. ...

Julie Polter Worship Across the Racial Divide: Religious Music and the Multiracial Congregation, by Gerardo Marti; The Forgotten Bomb; Le ...

Gareth Higgins Along with the silent film The Artist, Haywire, and War Horse, the smartest wide-release recent movie is Chronicle, a kine ...

Makoto Fujimura The painter Makoto Fujimura imagines what God might say to the church about its frequent rejection of the artists. ...

Anne Marie Roderick Joshua Witchger Pariah, written and directed by Dee Rees. Focus Fe ...

Danny Duncan Collum Piano-playing cats or union organizing drives—Google and Facebook don’t care. They just keep a sieve in the flow to c ...

Downtown Arby’s : the perfect mashup between the PBS series Downtown Abbey and the popular fast food chain. [ Miss Cellania ]   Listen to Sir Paul McCartney talk to Terry Gross on Fresh Air about his childhood and new album , K ...

Last month I had the privilege of interviewing Denison Witmer as he passed through Washington, D.C. in support of his newest album The Ones Who Wait . While waiting for the show to begin at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, we talked in the arti ...

Among my must reads are the Sunday New York Times Book Review and other book reviews I come across in various media outlets. There are too many books being published that I would love to read, but just don’t have the time. So, I rely on reading book ...

Nothing quite welcomes the spring-time like a Girl Scout cookie milkshake. In Washington D.C. Batman is making his rounds to childrens hospitals, and the Supreme Court is debating where to order take out from. ...

Word to the wise: don't get on a cruise ship in a year ending in the number 12. Especially if the captain feels a little too sure of himself. Word to the wise: don't get ...

Bully disturbs me because it is real life. It disturbs me because I have younger brothers the same age as some of the students in the film. It disturbs me because it’s happening in the lives of our children al ...

Celebs are showing their support for the movie Bully , released Friday.   A Twitter post made the rounds all week, grabbing endorsements for the film from the likes of Justin Bieber , Diddy, Maria Shriver, Ellen DeGeneres, Ricky Martin, ...

Sojourners has highlighted Christians who are standing with gays and lesbians, exposed racial bullying, discussed religious bullying, bullying of every stripe. But there’s more to say. ...

No two atheists are alike. They have different philosophical views about the universe and humanity and it turns out, even about organized religion. As further evidence that athei ...

People have been interested in my opinions both about the book and the film Blue Like Jazz, so I thought I’d reflect on both a little bit. I should recognize up front that I can h ...

National pizza chain Red Tomato Pizza has devised a refrigerator magnet that orders pizza to be delivered to your door, and also sends a confirmation text to your cell phone. [ Digital Trends ] What surnames are popular in your part of ...

Christian Piatt, who recently interviewed the creators behind the upcoming film Blue Like Jazz, was asked to write a discussion guide for the movie. Download the guide here. Chri ...

fewer than half of 19-year-olds even have drivers licenses. Today's "sizzle" in tech ...

The Seattle Space Needle is transformed into an Angry Birds slingshot, horror characters imagined in their old age, mashups of classic art with pop culture figures, Facebook's new headquarters and QR code ...

In his new book, "Religion For Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion" Alain de Botton outlines an array of things he contends religions get right and that atheists can adopt t ...

Now that Quarterback Tim Tebow has been traded to the Jets, New Jersey is about to experience a dose of wholesomeness it hasn't seen since milk trucks stopped delivering to your door. ...

Editor’s Note: This review may include spoilers if you have not seen the movie or read the book. Editor’s Note: This review may include spoilers if you have not seen the movie ...

With The Hunger Games releasing today, we thought we’d bring you some of the best links on the craze...  Your guide to all things dystopian literature shows the history of the genre and charts its rise in popularity over the years. [ Huf ...

It’s no surprise that some Christians and the organizations they represent are less than enthused about the forthcoming Blue Like Jazz movie. But Steve Taylor, the film’s director, claimed today on Donald Mill ...

The Dr. Suess alphabet, World Pizza Games, Mad Men the 8-bit video game, The Tutu Project, Daily Show exclusives, Origami Animals, and a family of ducks crossing Pennsylvania Ave. Take a look at today's L ...

into Hollywood despite rejection at first by many studios. The movie tells the story of Hannah, a 19 ...

Among my must reads are the Sunday New York Times Book Review and other book reviews I come across in various media outlets. There are too many books being published that I would love to read, but just don’t h ...

The man Jason Mattera thought was Bono may have looked and sounded like Bono. But it was, in fact, a Bono impersonator. DC’s resident “bad-boy reporter,” Jason Mattera thought tha ...

"We wanted to show that movies about the faith struggle that millions of Americans deal with don't have to be cheesy," said Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz, which the movie is based on. ...

James "Sugar Boots" Franklin is remembered for bringing boombox roller-skating to Congress. Time names 140 Best Twitter Feeds. LEGOS initiate simple design. More notable Banksy street art found. Vide ...

Before he caught up with them in Colorado Springs this week, Christian Piatt interviewed Blue Like Jazz's director Steve Taylor and star, Marshall Allman, via Skype while they were in Austin, Texas for th ...

Blue Like Jazz has got a leg-up in the alternative world. Two years back Paste ranked it #18 in its “20 Best Books of the Decade.” The film just finished up its debut run at SXSW and it features a soundtrack t ...

Earlier this week, our intrepid blogger/reporter/resident-God-Nerd Christian Piatt sat down with the makers of the highly-anticipated film Blue Like Jazz — Donald Miller, director Steve Taylor and Marshall Al ...

Today is Spring Equinox Day , which is also World Storytelling Day ! Celebrate the art of the oral story by sharing an experience with someone you know, or by listening to some of our favorite stories…  TED talks like Chimamanda Adichie’s ...

Unfortunately, celebrating the arts isn’t a priority today. This is especially apparent when ongoing budget cuts threaten robust art programs. Unfortunately, celebrating the arts ...

Westboro Baptist Church's leadership sees Limbaugh's recent verbal attackas an opportune time to advertise on the show. Rush Limbaugh’s verbal attack against Georgetown ...

"This is Our City" reveals the lives and thinking of two very ordinary people, their deep faith in Jesus, and how that faith is leading them to engage two of the most consequential grassroots movemen ...

Take a listen to this cover of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” performed on a Chinese instrument from the zither family, known as a Guzheng . [ The Awesomer ] Fifth Ward Jam is a housing redevelopment project that combines ...

What makes The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates remarkable is the parallel examination of two men with the same name's narratives, giving the reader an opportunity to identify the points when their li ...

Church bowling alleys are disappearing fast. There are probably fewer than 200 left. PEORIA, Ill. — When Max and Nancy Carson got married at St. Ann Catholic Church in 1974, the o ...

Get ready for St. Patrick's Day with some laughs, crafts, and a look at some green musicians. Plus, a look at the impressive "Magic Mushroom House," an express book-printing machine, portraits m ...

VATICAN CITY — A Vatican department has withdrawn its support from a soccer tournament that pits teams from Rome's seminaries against each other because it has lost its "educational" value. ...

Mad Men meets Sesame Street, the documentary film Mister Rogers & Me, electric bicycles, a new Ben & Jerry's flavor, and an impressive glowing Japanese dance team. Th ...

First, let me say that this is about a movie based on real people, and I’m critiquing the movie as a piece of entertainment. This is a movie review, not a political analysis. We can do that later. ...

My friend, Travis Mamone, did a short video about all the stuff emergent Christians are prone to pop off about. Yeah, he pretty much nails me in it. My friend, Travis Mamone , ...

Last Friday, on his weekly show "Real Time with Bill Maher," the not-so friendly atheist, Mr. Maher took issue with the Santorum families decision to homeschool their children. Tim King, former homes ...

Today is Pi Day -- March 14! Celebrate by learning a little more about one of the most irrational numbers around. [ Pi Day ] Oh the many things you wouldn’t be able to do if your arms were as tiny the arms of a T-Rex (like writing out the f ...

Many TV network executives, advertisers and producers would sell their souls to get the kind of audience God has. But giving religion a starring role in prime time? Not so much. M ...