Hillsong New York featured on CNN
CNN recently profiled the young Carl Lentz, Pastor of Hillsong New York who trained for ministry at Hillsong College in Sydney, where he met his wife. In the story below, the US journalist poses some tough questions to the “hipster” pastor, but he manages to get across that it’s all about Jesus.

Alice from the Brady Bunch dies, but will be remembered as faithful Christian
Ann B. Davis, best known as “Alice” the cheerful housekeeper in the Brady Bunch has died at age 88, but she’ll be remembered for leaving the bright lights of Hollywood to live with the Bishop of Colorado’s family for 38 years. “[Bishop] Frey said Davis shared a bedroom with two other single women and, along with Barbara Frey, “flew out to Hollywood, closed up her house and brought her Emmys and a few files and lived with us, ever since … like a maiden aunt.” Read the full story here.

A Christian response to #Yesallwomen
You might’ve heard about the hashtag trending on Twitter since the shooting rampage of Elliot Rodger in the US after he said his actions were retribution for being constantly rejected by women. Social media has responded with #YesAllWomen, the hashtag giving voice to the way women live in fear of harassment, assault and violence from men. But what should the church’s response be? In this blog post, Melinda Cousins considers the unpleasant truth that the church too is not necessarily a safe place for women. “For Christians, it is easy to think these things happen to women “out there,” but not to the women in your church. That is a mistake. I could tell you story after story of women I know…” Read the rest here. (Hat tip, Arthur Davis)

Tianamen Square conversions
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing in 1989. Through an interview with a Chinese Professor, this article explores the idea that the event brought a number of the dissidents who led the pro-democracy movement to Christianity. “In 1989, people [found] the Communist belief system could not really provide the things that they want[ed] and they began to look for alternatives and Christianity is the alternative to many young people.” Read the full interview here.