David A. Garner

The Briefing 3.20.15

Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week. CNN tells the scandalous story of D.E. Paulk and his family: The boy was watching people sing at a sweaty Pentecostal tent service one Sunday morning when a prophet onstage scanned […]

Alissa Herbaly Coons

A Handful of Water

Alissa Herbaly Coons makes a new home with her young family in Australia.

A Handful of Water - Essay by Alissa Herbaly Coons
David A. Garner

The Briefing 3.13.15

Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week. A pocket bible lost during World War II has now made it home to its rightful owner: It was a special delivery more than 70 years in the making — […]

M. Leary

The Americans, Religion, and TV

In a recent review of the excellent FX cold war era spy thriller, The Americans, an Atlantic writer asked: “Do any Christians watch this show? I’d be curious to learn whether they think the show has become too offensive toward religion for its own good.” Yes, Christians do watch this show. I haven’t written much […]

David A. Garner

The Briefing 3.6.15

Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week. This story emerged before we published last week’s breifing. So, this week, we trace the history of “the dress” and remember how a debate took over the Internet:  Between 6pm […]

M. Leary

Filmwell Recommends – Streaming in March

Here are some things to keep in mind after you finish up Season 3 of House of Cards… All of these are available for streaming in March.   Movies: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (iTunes – March 20) Angriest Man in Brooklyn (Netflix) Chef (Netflix) Song of the Sea (iTunes) Paisan (Fandor, March […]