This article originally appeared at United Methodist Women Archives. You can see the original link here. The “gospel of prosperity” is the belief that God wants Christians to be financially rich. It is promoted by many conservative evangelists, especially televangelists. This gospel appeals...

In attempting to take a close look at the Christian rock scene, author Andrew Beaujon knew from the start that he was taking on somewhat of a Herculean task. He writes in the opening chapter, “When I started researching this book, the reaction of most of my colleagues was, ‘Better you than...

(Editor’s Note: This was a review that slipped through the cracks, and I just came across it recently. Unfortunately, I can’t get a hold of the author, Anne McCarthy. If you are Anne, or you know her, please have her contact us at reviews@burnsidewriterscollective.com) Ever since the success...

I remember the story breaking about 2 or 3 years ago. For some reason, MTV or VH1 (I can’t recall which it might have been) decided to take a bit of time from their hectic and persistent attempts to deaden the senses of the coveted 18-25 demographic with images of everything except music to actually...

BWC Readers, First of all, I want to thank everyone who posted comments on last issue’s two controversial articles. Ultimately, I think the point of the articles from Penny and Brent was to advocate the mere act of thinking about these issues. So quickly, we fall into the lines of the leaders...

Rather than a letter to the editor this issue, we’ve decided to post some prose written by a friend of BWC, Hannah Theisen. Hannah is recently married, and her husband was deployed to Iraq a few weeks ago. Hannah is a great writer, and we asked her to type a simple piece to explain how these...

Often, when we hear the word ‘poverty,’ familiar pictures come to mind. Perhaps we see the starving children in war-torn Sudan or an HIV/AIDS orphan in South Africa. Maybe we see the homeless in New York City or immigrants from Cuba or Mexico. I’ve noticed that it can be difficult...

Over two weeks ago violence exploded in the Middle East, turning our attention from Iraq to the escalating war between Lebanon and Israel. Though it wasn’t planned in this way, the timing of a recent trip of 3,400 evangelical Christians to lobby lawmakers in Washington corresponded to this upsurge,...

Thom Yorke’s solo album, The Eraser, was released a few weeks with little fanfare. There was buzz, to be sure, but none of the anticipation built around every Radiohead record since OK Computer. And The Eraser is much what I expected out of a Thom Yorke solo album. It has some good songs, it...

The following article in no way represents the feelings of the Sports section here at BWC. We acknowledge that though they are extremely frustrating at times, professional officials have a difficult job. They are never praised for good calls and have the unfortunate horror of having all their mistakes...