Author Archives: Steve-O

Check out the lessons Scott Erickson learned about beauty and truth while he was the artist in residence at Ecclesia Church in Houston, Texas.      

There’s an untold backstory of aloha—a Hawaiian word meaning compassion, peace and love—that runs through the Selma-to-Montgomery marches in Alabama, 50 years ago. In photos of the 54-mile third march from Selma to Montgomery on March 21, 1965, Martin Luther … Continue reading →

By Steve Beard The first of several pivotal scenes in the film Selma occurs when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes a late night phone call to gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. The undeniable weight of what lay ahead … Continue reading →

“I have not been public about my faith,” confesses Ana Marie Cox, the snarky left-wing blogger who goes by Wonkette. “I am somewhat tempted to embrace the punk-rockness of being a progressive, feminist, tattooed, pro-choice, graduate-educated believer—and then I have … Continue reading →

By Steve Beard On Wednesday, February 25, members of the band U2 gathered at St. Mary’s Church outside of Dublin in order to observe the passing of the Rev. Jack Heaslip, the band’s long time friend and “traveling pastor.” The … Continue reading →

Excerpts from the Pitchfork interview with Sufjan Stevens: “For the last 15 years, Stevens has mixed his own life history with fantastical images and stories of the ages—from the Bible, from Greek mythology, from American fables—inventing a new sort of … Continue reading →

The former Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph in Arnhem, Netherlands, one of hundreds of decommissioned churches, was turned into a skate park. Photo credit: Merlijn Doomernik for The Wall Street Journal. ### Wall Street Journal By Naftali Bendavid Jan. 2, … Continue reading →

By Kenneth Tanner And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. —John 1:14 ESV Therefore he had to be … Continue reading →