Life a Weblog for Young Adults

The great God of the universe, the all-wise, infinitely powerful God pauses to listen to me? Jesus promises us it’s so.

Before you rev up your relationship, check off these telltale to-do’s.

What are you doing to care for creation?

The path of being a Christian—a name that means “little Christ”—isn’t easy. But in the process things happen within us that couldn’t happen any other way.

Why do we have to marry flawed people? Wouldn’t it have been much easier if God had worked it out so that we would be fully sanctified, then married? Who wouldn’t want to marry a perfected person? Wouldn’t that make marriage fundamentally easier and more enjoyable? Maybe God did get the order mixed up.

Imagine signing a dream-come-true record deal right out of college and moving to Nashville to make it big—then walking away from it all a year later. That’s exactly what Canadian-born singer/songwriter Matt Brouwer did.

Sparklers and hot dogs aren’t the only ways to celebrate freedom. Here’s how natives of a few other countries enjoy their Independence days.

As the Christian subculture has grown, somewhere along the line we’ve stopped thinking about what we say we believe. I think it’s time to bust up the subculture. To start thinking. To remember. To stop living on the surface. And one of the ways we do that is by rescuing the language we use to talk about our faith. These words—such as holy, sin, lost, fruit, justice, mission—are important words. They are essential descriptions of the Christian faith. But they’ve been hijacked by familiarity and have lost the punch of their meaning. Let’s get them back.

Dear old dad sure has done a lot for you through the years—playing catch; fixing the flat on your 10-speed; helping you choose a college; moving you countless times. Instead of getting this strong and dependable superman yet another striped necktie or Yankees cap for Father’s Day, give him something invaluable this year—time with you.

Work. Sometimes it’s a place where you’re cranking out ideas and projects like a well-oiled machine. Other times, you’re squeaking through the day, easily distracted. And trust us, we know it’s tough to get everything done. With the workplace in a constant state of change and many companies forced to consolidate job responsibilities to keep down costs, there’s typically more work than seems possible to accomplish. But before you let out a sigh or start screaming, “Is it Friday yet?” for the third time in an hour, there is hope for a better (and more productive) life during those eight-plus hours on the job. Ready to refresh your tactical take on the day? We’ve got a few suggestions—18 of them, in fact—to keep you ahead of the curve.