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Feature Stories
 COVER STORY
7 Burning Issues
Certain issues provide fodder for endless debates, discussions, even controversy. RELEVANT took seven of the most complex issues of our generation—injustice, homosexuality, faith, politics, culture, consumerism and war—and posed them to the leading voices within the Church. Here's what they had to say.
 ONLINE BONUS: Go here see what RELEVANT readers think about these issues, and to sound off with your thoughts.
Death Cab for Cutie
It's been three years since Plans cemented Death Cab for Cutie as critical darlings in both indie and mainstream music. Now, afer taking time to tour, promote local causes, work on some solo projects and take a much-needed break, the band is on the cusp of releasing their newest project, Narrow Stairs—an album that could forever change their place in the music scene.
Fake Plastic World
The past decade or so has seen China transforming at a hardly believable clip, and the pending Summer Olympics have only sped up the process. Four Westerners living in China show that there may be glaring cracks in the system, but there is still beauty to be appreciated in the everyday.
ONLINE BONUS: Go here to see the authors' photo diary from their time in China.
6 Denominations in 6 Weeks
Lifelong Baptist Jason Boyett decided to broaden his denominational range by visiting six different churches—United Methodist, Presbyterian, Southern Baptist, Roman Catholic, Episcopal and Assembly of God—in six weeks. His experiences, which he catalogs in detail, were both confirming and—more often—surprising.
Slices
Summer Movie Preview
This summer seems to be the summer of superhero films and sequels. Check out Edward Norton in The Hulk as well as other much-anticipated blockbuster films that will be hitting a theater near you.
Counter Culture: The Heart of Rosa Loves
A visit to New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina inspired Mike Fretto to help found Rosa Loves, a company that prints and sells T-shirts to raise money for families that are less fortunate. One memorable experience involved providing resources and opportunities for a poor Bangladesh family who lost their father.
The Scene: Toronto
If it's been a while since you hit up our neighbor to the north, RELEVANT gives you a whole new slew of reasons to do so, from the must-see sights, to the eclectic mix of restaurants, to the local music scene of Canada's largest city.
Revolution
Fair trade seems to be on everyone's lips these days, but what's the real deal behind this buzzy phenomenon? RELEVANT looks at the mission behind fair trade organizations such as Ten Thousand Villages, an organization dedicated to fighting for fair labor practices that represents some 60,000 artisans in more than 30 countries worldwide.
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God
Deeper Walk: Gorging on Jesus
In a culture increasingly characterized by consumerism and ownership, Winn Collier compels us to ask ourselves whom—or what—we have allowed to rule our lives:"Who is king? Is Jesus Lord? Or are we?"
ONLINE BONUS: Go here to see more from Winn in the Deeper Walk blog.
For the Long Haul
With a past filled with alcohol, drugs and depression, the last thing Dennis Brock expected was to become a missionary in Swaziland, a nation ravaged by AIDS and poverty. Now he lives there, striving to share his faith through work with orphans, the sick and the poor.
Life
9 Months to Get Your Life Together
You and your spouse are young, happy and carefree, ready to take on the world—and then you find out you're pregnant. Or maybe you're suddenly faced with another major life transition. Here's what to do when you have nine months to grow up and get your life together.
Progressive Culture
Q&A: Gaius Charles
Friday Night Lights' star quarterback may be making a name for himself on prime time, but he knows the hard work—and faith—it took to get there. He talks to RELEVANT about the 260 auditions he went on before snagging the role, the temptations that come with fame and how his faith in God fits in with his career.
Over the Rhine
The musical path of husband-and-wife duo Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist has been anything but smooth, but their newest albums, even richer and fuller and sassier than their previous successes, reveal the contentment and joy that are defining this point in their lives.
Spotlights:
Tilly and the Wall, Seabird
Recommends
The End of Reason, Exiles, The Best New American Voices 2008, Daft Punk, Vampire Weekend, Derek Webb and Sandra McCracken, No Country for Old Men, Persepolis, I’m Not There
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