Written by Dave Geldart This last July, a few of us had the privilege of going to the Xenos Summer Institute conference in Columbus, OH. We packed into Todd’s Pontiac Aztek and set off on a 14-hour road trip to his old stomping grounds in Columbus. The road trip was actually QUITE fun (along with […]
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Written by German L. Portillo I don’t know how you feel about guitar solos, but having grown up in the 90’s with perfect-hair rock, I love them. The electric guitar has been a major part of music now for a very long time and in recent years it finally seems to have made it’s way […]
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Written Joe Turner When the man known as Abbé Pierre died in 2007, he was one of the most famous and most popular men in France. A scourge to the powerful, a defender of the weak, Henri Grouès as he was once known sold all he had as a young man to become a monastic. […]
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Written by Brandon Ryan Photos by Sarah Huffman I find myself going more and more against the grain, moving away from labels. Moving away from the current pulse of Christianity, and more into the depths of God’s freedom and grace. As a whole, a lot of Christians are following the teachings of Social Justice. Everyone […]
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Misconceptions When Serving Homeless People Written by Brandt Russo About a year back, I was in New Orleans with a youth group that wanted to learn how to serve the homeless. Earlier that day, they had made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and brought apples and water hoping it would bring a smile and some […]
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written by Nate Smith When most people take public transportation it seems they keep to themselves. They are consumed with an iPod, a book or the general stare of nothing. They are passing time as they get from one destination to another. I found myself in this situation as I was riding the L from […]
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written by Selah Boyle As June rolled around the corner, there was only one thing on the minds of thousands of Christian punks, scenesters, hippies, and goths—Cornerstone Festival. For those of you who are unaware of the wonders of Cornerstone, it includes over 500 bands, 20,000 people, and two full exhibition tents worth of vendors—all […]
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As I got older I started listening to punk rock music. The different beliefs and ideas of punk music were very appealing to me. To me, punk rock music is all about going against the different norms in the environment that surrounds you. Not to be cool and look like a rebel, but to bring about change in the areas needed to be changed by going against them.
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