I love technology.

I hate it, too.

I was reminded of that 10 days before this issue of The Christian Chronicle went to press when my computer’s hard drive died. By die, I mean that my Apple laptop — so friendly and easygoing through the first 2½ years of our relationship — konked out and could not be revived by Mac geniuses. read more

Americans are shopping — and not just for sofas, cars and high-tech gadgets.

The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, a poll of 35,000 adults by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, made front-page news across the nation recently.

The big headline: About 44 percent of Americans have changed religions or denominations from the one — if any — in which they were raised.

Think Churches of Christ are exempt?

Think again. read more