Ruth Haley Barton is the award winning author of 7 books and the founder of The Transforming Center. Her book Sacred Rhythms won the Logos Book Award for Best Book Award on Spirituality and her book Invitation to Solitude and Silence won the Christianity Today Book of the Year Award for Spirituality. In this interview, […]
Soon to be available ‘Sex Robots’ (including of children) reflect inevitable trend
I often make predictions in my sermons on sexual purity that the video game, virtual reality and/or robotics industry will soon have simulated sex for sale, with full array of sensors and ‘experience.’ Lewd sex scenes are already available in games on mainstream video game consoles and as controllers and technology become more and more […]
Don’t Spread Injustice: Cultural Muslims are not the same as Radical Muslims
Here are two things I am passionate about: Having conversations about what is true about different religions (specifically Islam in recent conversations) without saying the (silly) notion that all religions are the same. I desire simple honesty about what a religion believes and when lies are thrown out there, to identify them as such. How […]
Interview with Josiah Price, #4 Michigan State Spartans career TD leader for a TE
Episode #11 of the “Behind the Curtain” Ministry Podcast is here! In this episode, Noah Filipiak interviews the starting tight end for the #4 ranked Michigan State Spartans football team, redshirt junior Josiah Price. Price has 13 career touchdowns at Michigan State, a record for a tight end, including 3 in the first 3 games […]
5 Do’s and Don’ts of Deconstructing Your Faith
I know plenty of people who have walked away from the faith they grew up with. You probably do too. In fact, walking away from one’s childhood faith has almost become part of the American right of passage into maturity: 1. Go to church as a child, being dragged by your ear by mom or […]
A Solution to the Kim Davis Debacle, and the Many More that Will Follow
Kim Davis is just the beginning folks. There will be more Kim Davis’s, more protests, more anger, more butting of heads and shouting over top of one another. Whatever side you’re on, I think all agree the Kim Davis situation is a debacle. A debacle for different reasons depending on your side, but a debacle […]