April 22 was Earth Day. Earth Day was born in 1970, and the movement still claims to retain its purpose of promoting climate and environmental literacy. The Earth Day Network takes credit for most legislation designed to protect the environment and endangered species. Most of that legislation is sound and depicts a genuine stewardship of the environment. The problem arises when we forget there is a thin line between protecting the environment and worshiping the…
The Shack has finally made it to the big screen. The bestselling 2007 novel hit a crazy, successful streak in 2009, and by 2010 had sold over 7.2 million copies. Now it has reached the rare status of a novel with over 10 million in sales–unprecedented for any novelist, let alone a first-time author like Paul Young. Young drew on personal childhood pain when he crafted this short book that chronicles a man’s horrible loss…