*culture is not optional

If life gives you gooseberries...

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma and Jeffrey Keefer

An interview with Jeffrey Keefer about his first season of winemaking and the personal history that led up to it.

Holy drinking

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

On learning by observation how to defeat death with a cold beer.

My kinda guy

by Denise Frame Harlan

What happens when a commitment to teetotal meets a "drunkard and glutton" of a Savior?

Confessions of a recovering Pharisee

by Ryan Snuffer

A tee totaling re-convert discovers the nuances of Christian liberty.

A drive-thru epidemic

by Raymond Blanton

A review of the film Fast Food Nation directed by Richard Linklater.

Let Earth Receive Her King

by G.Carol Bomer

Did Jesus smoke?

by Jeremy Huggins

A search for the biblical basis for condemning today's "lepers" reveals surprising answers.

Re-inventing the well

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Even as big boxes multiply, ?neighborhood values? are becoming an important part of the national conversation.

Music from the Wine Lands

Putumayo World Music

Another in a series of global music compilations, Music from the Wine Lands provides an audio tour of wine-producing countries around the world, with a portion of the proceeds from CD sales going to support Slow Food.

Love song of the agave

Orion Magazine

Douglas Menuez captures in word and photographs the sacred tradition of making tequila.

A case for fair trade wine

Wine & Spirit International

Richard Woodard details the history and challenges of creating more ethical models for wine production.