‘Perceptions’ Archives
Are Churches Building the Wrong Space?
When church leaders envision their next building project, many are selecting interior and exterior styles that may deter the very people they're trying to reach--the unchurched--from visiting. According to the Church Facilities Expansion Study, a joint research project in 2009 between the Cornerstone Knowledge Network (CKN) and Christianity [...]
Mirror Testing at NASA Breaks Superstitious Myths
In ancient mythological times reflective surfaces like shiny metals and mirrors were thought to be magical and credited with the ability to look into the future. NASA is using mirrors to do just the opposite -- look into the past. Fast forward a couple of centuries from ancient time and myths to find NASA is developing a primary mirror, 21.3 [...]
On the ‘Religious Right,’ We Too Have a ‘Blind Side’
Over the Christmas weekend, my wife and I went to see "The Blind Side," a film about an affluent white family in Memphis who took Michael Oher, a homeless African American youth, into their home and made him part of their family. As a result of the Tuohy family's out-of-the-ordinary Christian kindness, Oher turned his life around and became a [...]
