http://zionica.com Where Christianity intersects with politics, culture, and entertainment. Tue, 21 May 2013 10:43:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://zionica.com/2012/10/03/the-finest-young-sportswriter-in-america/ http://zionica.com/2012/10/03/the-finest-young-sportswriter-in-america/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:58:34 +0000 Zionica http://zionica.com/?p=21617

It may surprise you to learn the finest young sportswriter—perhaps the finest young writer period—in America is a Christian. It's true: Thomas Lake, all of 31 years of age and currently a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, graduated from Gordon College in Massachusetts. Lake has drawn major attention for his long-form journalism, which expertly mixes…]]> http://zionica.com/2012/10/03/the-finest-young-sportswriter-in-america/feed/ 2 http://zionica.com/2012/05/25/christian-or-conservative/ http://zionica.com/2012/05/25/christian-or-conservative/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 15:19:01 +0000 Zionica http://zionica.com/?p=19883

I’m teaching now a World Journalism Institute class made up largely of college students. One asked yesterday, “Is WORLD primarily a conservative magazine or a Christian magazine?” I replied, “Christian, definitely,” and pointed her to our mission statement: “To report, interpret, and illustrate the news in a timely, accurate, enjoyable, and arresting fashion from a…]]> http://zionica.com/2012/05/25/christian-or-conservative/feed/ 43 http://zionica.com/2012/05/01/anti-bullying-speaker-bullies-christian-teens/ http://zionica.com/2012/05/01/anti-bullying-speaker-bullies-christian-teens/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 12:54:43 +0000 Zionica http://zionica.com/?p=19560

As many as 100 high school students walked out of a national journalism conference after an anti-bullying speaker began cursing, attacked the Bible and reportedly called those who refused to listen to his rant “pansy assed.” The speaker was Dan Savage, founder of the “It Gets Better” project, an anti-bullying campaign that has reached more…]]> http://zionica.com/2012/05/01/anti-bullying-speaker-bullies-christian-teens/feed/ 204