Interview with Jodi Detrick, Author of “The Jesus-Hearted Woman in a Broken-Hearted World”


In this video, Justin Lathrop interviews Jodi Detrick, Seattle Times columnist and author of The Jesus-Hearted Woman in a Broken-Hearted World, forthcoming from Influence Resources. Interview with Jodi Detrick, Author of “The Jes…, posted with vodpod Continue reading Interview with Jodi Detrick, Author of “The Jesus-Hearted Woman in a Broken-Hearted World”

Interview with Mike Clarensau, Author of “From Belonging to Becoming”


In this video, Justin Lathrop interviews Mike Clarensau, author of From Belonging to Becoming (Influence Resources) and director of the Healthy Church Network. Interview with Mike Clarensau, Author of “From …, posted with vodpod Continue reading Interview with Mike Clarensau, Author of “From Belonging to Becoming”

The World Wide (Religious) Web for Thursday, August 11, 2011


BECAUSE AMERICANS ARE RELIGIOUS? “Why Religion Will Matter in 2012.” These earlier observations stand up today in scientific surveys. Gallup found that Americans register higher religiosity scores — as measured by self-reported worship attendance, salience of religion in their personal lives, and confidence in religious institutions — than other residents of North America and every western European country except Ireland. Consider these findings from the 2010 American Values Survey, conducted by Public Religion Research Institute: Nearly six-in-ten (57 percent) Americans say religion is very important or the most important thing in their lives. A majority (51 percent) of Americans report … Continue reading The World Wide (Religious) Web for Thursday, August 11, 2011

The World Wide (Religious) Web for Wednesday, August 10, 2011


MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.: “The Cause of All the Trouble.” It’s hard to imagine a vision for this country that’s farther from a “libertarian Christianity” that minds its own very private business and politely declines to have anything to say about the public realm. So if you too are convinced by Andrew’s denunciations of “Christianism,” it’s past time to point your critique at the source of all this trouble: Martin Luther King, more than anyone else, is responsible for bringing an explicitly Christian and Biblical critique of America into the mainstream of modern politics. (And if you don’t happen to … Continue reading The World Wide (Religious) Web for Wednesday, August 10, 2011