What We Read This Week

Their beliefs are clear, their style hip- and they seem to be exactly what new Canadians are looking for. What makes evangelicals so damned appealing?…Read Full Article

From ucobserver

ENVIRONMENT

10 Incredible Churches Consumed by Water

The planet has a pretty good system for moving its water around – it’s been doing it for a very long time. But we humans think we have better ideas for what to do with water, so we go and move things around and make dams and canals and reservoirs and other objects of infrastructure to supply our never-ending needs.

All of the following churches have been intentionally drowned. But as drought and deluge persist, the structures emerge and sink in cadence with the whims of nature, providing an eerie foreshadowing for what the future of this planet may hold…Read Full Article

From treehugger

CHRISTIANITY

In Memory: The Man Who Brought Harmony to Billy Graham’s Ministry

Music director Cliff Barrows served for decades with a peaceful spirit and joyful song. There has been an inevitable winnowing of this band of spiritual brothers who held up Graham’s arms over more than seven decades of globe-girdling ministry. Almost all are gone, and the recent death of Cliff Barrows, Graham’s music director, closest friend, and most trusted associate, marks the end of one of the most enduring partnerships…Read Full Article

From Christianity Today