Photo by Katrina WarmeReligion is a pretty nebulous idea for most college students, even at a Christian school like Pepperdine. All faith journeys are valid, whether you are firm in your religious views, searching for answers or not interested at all, but I believe that the answers to the search for religious validity can be found in a church community. Lots of college students … [Read more...] about Church Hopping Con: Invest In One Community
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Why I (Still) Love The Churches Of Christ
Photo by Shawn JonesAt the beginning of last semester, a 30-something-year-old man stood in the middle of a Sunday-morning service at University Church of Christ and asked the congregation if he could take the stage. It was an odd move — with his hands in the air, he asked if anybody would prevent him from making a statement before the congregation. The room was silent. … [Read more...] about Why I (Still) Love The Churches Of Christ
Church Hopping Pro: Find A Church That Works For You
Photo by Katrina Warme A majority of college students are probably familiar with the term bar hopping, and it is likely that many of them (21 and older, that is) can attest to the advantages (or disadvantages) of staggering from bar to bar, trying different drinks and listening to the varieties of substandard Jukebox tunes. Church hopping, ironically, is a lot like bar hopping … [Read more...] about Church Hopping Pro: Find A Church That Works For You
Project Aims to Help Domestic Abuse Victims
Photo Courtesy of Tanya CooperThe "Domestic Violence in the American Christian Church" research project — created by Professor of Law Tanya Cooper, Assistant Professor of Communication Roslyn Satchel and several other partners — aims to correct the American Christian Church’s attitude toward domestic violence cases and make these institutions effectively … [Read more...] about Project Aims to Help Domestic Abuse Victims
Nam Knows Best: Take Me to Church or Nah
This is a religious article. Enter at your own risk. It was 10:05 a.m. on a Sunday and I didn’t go to church. Gasp — how can I consider myself a student at a Christian school? How dare I miss church! Rain down punishment from heaven upon my guilty, sacrilegious head. Everyone knows that if you don’t go to church on Sunday that God will surely find some way to mess up your … [Read more...] about Nam Knows Best: Take Me to Church or Nah
