In 1957, journalist Edward R. Murrow referred to television as the “opiate of the people”. It’s safe to say that in the last 5 years, social media has decisively replaced television on the opiate throne. Given the sheer amount of attention we give to it, the number of times we check our devices throughout the […]
In this final installment scanned from The Wittenburg Door, author and professor Walter Wangerin discusses a range of topics – including doubt – topics that are no less relevant today than they were when originally published in 1986. If we were to heed the wisdom here, the world would be a much, much better place.
This is the 2nd article scanned from a 1986 issue of The Wittenburg Door which addresses the subject of doubt. “Pietro and Madeleine” was a running series in the magazine during the mid-80s, featuring a fictional married couple discussing issues of faith in a light-hearted way.
Back in the mid-1980s, while at college, I was introduced to a Christian satire magazine called The Wittenburg Door. It was published, at that time, by Youth Specialties, one of the early publishers of youth ministry resources. (The Door was kind of a side project, separate from their youth ministry business). It was through subscribing […]
I’m not sure what made me think of this song earlier today, but this early EP from 2005 has a bit more edge than her more recent stuff…
The beans are showing signs that they’re ready to hang it up for the season. And the cherry tomatoes are starting to crack before they even turn red. But the sweet peppers appear to be doing their best as the summer comes to a close. I’ve been able to harvest some of the red-podded asparagus […]