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can reach our editors at feedback@RELEVANTmagazine.com.
Congratulations!
It is about time some real, relevant, and open minded Christians
create something that speaks to our generation about Christ!
I am 23 and am fed up with stuffy, legalistic, egotistic,
over spiritual Christians hype! I will definitely spread the
word about your magazine and website. Bring the truth and
don't get caught up in the fakeness that Christianity has
developed into. I believe that if Jesus were in body today
the American church would not even recognize Him because he
would not be they kind of person we have portrayed Him as.
He would be with the poor, on the streets performing miracles,
rebuking the modern day pharasees who sit behind the church
walls in their three piece suites and ignore the dying world.
It is harsh, but very true!
—Alex Coffee
Portland Oregon
Q&A
With Jon Foreman
I want to thank you for including the interview with Switchfoot's
Jon Foreman in your weekly newsletter deal. That article really
met me where Ii seem to perpetually be at. I'm a Christian
songwriter with a group that's just starting to come together,
and honestly I'm scared to death of my dreams of some sort
of musical success to come true due all the politics that
seem to accompany Christians in music. I accepted Christ a
little under a year ago and was surprised to see how Christian
artists seem to get more flak from their own people than from
non-believers. The anxiety of being too Christian for the
secular audience and not Christian enough for the Body of
Christ seems to always loom overhead. I wanted to thank you
for reporting on and supporting artists who have the courage
to move past the Christian bubble and go where God is calling
them. It's very encouraging and please keep doing what you're
doing.
—Cole
Breaker
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I
just want to drop a line saying that I really dig your site.
I check it every day, and I have the U2 and Tony Soprano books.
The Dylan one is on my list for reading after finals are through.
What I really wanted to say was that I like that you guys
post thought-provoking stuff rather than just fluff pieces
about how great the latest Christian (fill in any thing produced
in the market) is. It's hard to talk to some kids whose idea
of what a Christian student does is sit in his dorm listening
to Newsboys and organizing Bible studies. Your site shows
that there are logical, cool Christians who will have two
sided conversations. Along with the site's analyses on pop
culture, you talk about the jerks who are continually allowed
to define Christianity to our culture. Please continue to
do so. I think more people need to know that not all Christians
are like Jerry Falwell, Fred Phelps, Pat Robertson, or other
people who spew hate and judgment in the name of Jesus.
—Nick Moore
Praise
OK so I am a Christian of about 4 years now. I have been struggling
for the past couple of months of how to gain a fresh perspective
of Christ and what he means to me. Well my walk is growing again,
and I would just like to say that your website is such a breath
of fresh air to me. I love the deeper walk section and I print
them and sometimes use them for my Bible studies. I belong to
a Christian movement on campus at my university and they are
perfect. I think that you blend God, life and progressive culture
amazingly and I have been a fan of the site since the beginning.
I will definitely get the print version.
—Seth Perry Fight
the Good Fight
I recently stumbled on your website by following up on an
article I read elsewhere on the Tony Soprano book. I would
just like to congratulate your staff on a job well done that
needed to be done. Your magazine really seems to be confronting
and struggling with the questions of how Christianity can
be a relevant (hence the name) viewpoint in contemporary culture
and how Christianity can contribute successfully to modern
culture. I attended a Christian college and was too often
disappointed by the almost deliberate ignorance many of the
Christians I met took to the world around them. You people
at Relevant are fighting the good fight against that, and
I salute you for it. Although I only nominally call myself
a Christian and don't necessarily agree with some of your
articles, I think Relevant can be an example to people of
all different faiths as to how to keep the integrity of your
faith and still live in the 21st century. Keep up the good
work.
—Matthew Cook
AvantGo
Man I love this mag! I can't wait till it comes out in print.
Until then I've decided, with the help of AvantGo, to download
your main page to my Palm every morning (okay I know that
sounds super nerdy but oh well, it's the truth). Keep up the
great work and hurry up with that print copy. Hey will it
still be on the net?
—Steve Barker
[cs:]
Yes, it'll still be on the Net. The print and web editions
are actually being built to complement each other very well.
We think you'll like what's in store.
Need
Writers?
First off I am very glad to read RELEVANT magazine its awesome
stuff. Second do you guys need any volunteer journalists?
—Adrienne Smith
[cs:]
Yeah, but ones that use correct punctuation. If you're interested
in writing, simply send an error-free email to Cara Baker
at cara@relevantmediagroup.com.
Well
Placed
My brother has been nagging me for weeks to check out your
site. I finally did, and was surprised at the intensity I
could feel behind all the well placed words and effects of
a well-run website. This is the time for the parable-speakers
to come out of the closets they've been hiding in. Heavy-laden
with words of hope, justice, peace, and forgiveness, every
faith driven writer and thinker of our age has lacked a medium.
You are the vehicle that gives normal people the idea that
they don't need to feel overwhelmed with the barrage of media
surrounding them; you're the connections that start a motor
that has been long standing in stall. I feel like i've connected
with hundreds of survivors and overcomers that share the common
ground of YOU supplying communication. Such communication
is vital in wartime, and your efforts are encouraging. Thank
you for helping to keep us aware.
— John
[cs:]
Dang, these emails are nice to get.
You're
Sitting In My Living Room
I cannot tell you how excited I was to find your site. It is
like you guys have been sitting in my living room listening
us describe how to reach our culture. We are a group of actors
and writers trying to reach our culture without being labeled
Christian. We are of course, but we all work in the real world.
We want to relate to the world by actually being out in it,
acting and writing, and through that we will touch people. We
are in Fort Myers and it is so refreshing to read your articles,
especially the new one on "Getting Out Of The Faith Ghetto"
Awesome. We have been trying to get the church to listen to
these ideas for about 3 years now. Most of it has fallen on
deaf ears. But this article really affirmed what we already
knew.. and have been practicing ourselves. Keep up the good
work
— Wende Gilmore, Out Of The Box Productions
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