in case you missed it the first time

School of Rock replaces irony with enthusiasm

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma, Chuck Van Drunen, Bill Boerman-Cornell, Ryan Vande Kraats, Jonathon Jongsma, Amy Nonhof, Jason Vande Brake, Simon duToit, Steve Lansingh, Vern Boerman, , Robert Vander Giessen-Reitsma, Cari Zylstra, Mike Steinhauer, The *cino Community, Laryn Kragt Bakker, Joel Zuidhof, Jerry Vreeman, Dan Rueck, Gerald Folkerts, Amy Vreeman, Marvin Olasky, Jim Skillen, Sheri Vande Werken, Pam Vander Meer, Dave Schaap, Christopher Nonhof, Fred Van Geest, Heidi Karges, Charles Snyder, Jason Vreeman, Ada Jaarsma, Lisa Anderson, Tim Hoekstra, Kristin Sybesma Elgersma, J. S., Kris Vos, Brianne Donaldson, Joanne Jongsma, John Hansen, Mary Lagerwey, Tricia Sybesma, Mike Loenen, Jason Graham, G.Carol Bomer, Anne Pirlot, Robert Moll, Denis Haack, Zena Dell Schroeder, Maria Post, Chelsea Guest Perez, David F. Recher, Jeffrey Keefer, David Bazan, Gwen Mitchell, OVERHANG, Scott Vande Kraats, Dale Hasenick, Dan Perkins, Dan Genovese, Andrew H. Trotter, Jr., Paul Fessler, Megan Novak, Matthew Deames, Barbara Zielinski, Carol Vande Kraats, Nadia Swearingen-Friesen, Name withheld, Kurt Ritchie, Jeremy Huggins, Karen Newhouse, Abbot Andrew Marr, Matt Kelley, Naomi R. Wenger, Don Postema, Clarissa C.B. Moll, Suzanne Lind, Cyndy Vander Giessen, Bridget DeYager, Carolyn Sybesma, Gregory Baus, Alice Hattendorf, Martin Luther, Reverend Lawrence W. Farris, Dave Adams, Gideon Strauss, Michael Van Pelt, Anna Lensink, Richard Greydanus, Quentin Schultze, Ken Myers, Gene Veith, Josh Baxter, Duane S. Elgin, Arnold Mitchell, Stephen Mitchell, Summer and Shimmer, Ben Keys, Author Unknown, The *cino staff, , Marsena Konkle, Tim Lind, Mary Norman DeLaughter, Sarah Walsh Landini, Sherri B. Lantinga, John Barrs, Jessica Klepal, Ron Rupke, Ellyn Wilkoff, John Mason Hodges, Margie Haack, Sam Gesch, Joseph Liechty, Christine Foust, Keith Graber Miller, Ron Van Der Pol, Ray Pennings, Paul Otto, , Janel Kragt Bakker, Jennifer M. Parker, Matthew McGuire, Joe Kawano, Karla Kauffman, Phil Reinders, Ruth Andrews, Travis Scott, Angela Strauss, Josh Garrels, Sally Scobey-Biggs, Jason Panella, A. S., Janet McKenzie, Benjamin Squires, David Howard Malone, Dan Oudman-Perkins, Julie Oudman-Perkins, Pegi Ballenger, Larry Edward Kamphausen, Abby Jansen, Dawn Berkelaar, Benjamin Groenewold Van Dyk, Jamie Howison, Phil Kan, Jennifer Adams, James Stewart, Glen Soderholm, Benjamin Seeberger, JoAnn Van Engen, Ryan Snuffer, Bonnie Liefer, Sam Van Eman, Brian Walsh, Nathan Hitchcock, Nina Bartelt Lanctot, Amanda McClendon, Henry Kammer, Angela Stewart, Merrill Hodges, Megan Dunham, Rev. William Haley, Bill Sytsma, Tala Azar Strauss, Rajgopal Nidamboor, Amy Maczuzak, Reverend Karen Fitz La Barge, Lauren Winner, Katherine Leary, David Greusel, Steve Stockman, Josh Hurst, Andrew Rush, Kate Becker, Erika Knight Bakker, Jill Bergkamp, Denise Frame Harlan, Norman Wirzba, Sylvia Keesmaat, Byron Borger, Michelle Van Loon, Deborah Leiter, Rachel S. Hawley, Larry T. McKnight, Paul Hansen, Brad Riley, Rachel Elek, Renee Swanson, Joe Lapp, Gwen DiPietro, Rev. Peter Sawtell, Brandon Van Der Heide, Lloyd Jackson, Amy Boerman-Cornell, Jenne Smith, Allison Backous, Raymond Blanton, Margaret Jenista, Chris Fuller, Adam Navis, David Wenger, Paul Haan, Edward Berkelaar, Morgan Tucker, Carrie Mayes, Chris Noyes, Son Lux, Romantica, Jonathan Fegel, Mister Talley, the Swimmers, Erica Hinton, Stephen Vander Woude, Nathan Bierma, Katie Houston, Lee Fletcher, Kimberly Webster, Andrea Hensen, Liz Janes, Aron Reppmann, Zena Neds-Fox, , Ali Jacobs, Brenda Heyink, Dr. Stan Mast, Emily Ulmer, Sharon Dziurda, Courtney Steever, Elysha Ardelean, Jeff Barker, Allison Graff, Anne Zaki, Joan Huyser-Honig, John Mundy, Jill Blanche, Heidi Vincent, Laura Wachsmuth, Heidi Harbin, Robin Barcus, Meredith Kathryn-Case Gipson Hoogendam, Erin McKean, B. Jo Ann Mundy, Kristen Stewart, Alissa Goudswaard, Molly Sabourin, Adam Smit, Kari Stewart, Pat Farris, Bert Witvoet, Kaitlyn Barker, Steve Reich, Daniel Silliman, Micah Tillman, Erin O’Connor-Garcia, Kate Lind, Jacque Rhodes, Amyann Faul Groen, Stefanie Moser, Amy Graeser, Janeen Parent, Susan Matheson, Terrilynn Quillen, John Seel, Peter Schuurman, Sylvia Harris, Annette Witte, Elizabeth Schaefer, Kayla Placencio, Stephanie S. Duncan, Sara Sterley, Christopher R. Smit, Matthew Landrum, Dana Johnson, Julie Mueller-McClennen, Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence, James K.A. Smith, John D. Roth, Andria Helm, Amy Jonason, Daniel Garcia, Jordan Piet Hoogendam, Nancy Joy, Kate Kamphausen

so what ya doing and ya so kool

Coolness kills community

by Bill Boerman-Cornell

A timeless craze threatens to isolate teen-agers from other people and from God.

Loving/work

by Steve Lansingh

The 9-year-old Empire Records provides something worth emulating.

Parenting without perfection

by Denis Haack

A review of David John Seel?s Parenting without Perfection: Being a Kingdom Influence in a Toxic World.