Indonesia Floods Kill 21; Affect Hundreds of Thousands
Heavy flooding in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, which began Tuesday, has killed at least 21 people and affected more than 250,000 people, prompting the United States to offer help for victims as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Should Lance Armstrong be forgiven?
After his dramatic confession, will anyone forgive sport's most famous liar?
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is ‘Palestinian’ a sufficient descriptor for Hamas?
On Friday, we looked at media coverage of a new translation of a video from 2010 that was released by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaking...
View ArticleThe Movie That Captures The Destruction of the Music Industry
I still remember setting my que of music for download to run through the night on my 56K connection hoping that 3 out of the 10 downloads would work. Did you do the same? Napster truly did...
View ArticleSay It With A Song
I love singing and music. A few years ago there was a commercial where a man sung the bad news to his friend and his friend automatically accepted it. And on one show two kids actually started a bad...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ASIA : INDONESIA : THOUSANDS DISPLACED BY FLOODS - CATHOLIC AID
ASIA NEWS REPORTby Mathias HariyadiGovernor Jokowi launches state of emergency and an appeal to raise funds for flood victims. The toll is 11 dead and thousands displaced. Rice, water and basic...
View ArticleAFRICA : EGYPT : NEW PATRIARCH OF COPTIC CHRISTIANS APPROVED BY POPE BENEDICT...
Agenzia Fides REPORT - The Coptic Catholic Church has a new Patriarch: Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, 57, Bishop of the Eparchy of Minya. The Synod of the Coptic Catholic Bishops, who gathered in Cairo from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AUSTRALIA : BISHOP PRAISES FIRE FIGHTERS
Catholic Communications, Sydney Archdiocese, 16 Jan 2013Bishop Michael McKenna praises courage of firefighters in Warrumbungle bushfiresThe Bishop of Bathurst, the Most Rev Michael McKenna has asked...
View ArticleAMERICA : USA : BISHOP PRAISES GUN CONTROL - CULTURE OF LIFE
USCCB RELEASEThe U.S. bishops hope that any action taken by the Obama administration on gun violence prevention will lead to greater respect for human life, said the bishop who chairs the Committee on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VATICAN : POPE : APPEAL FOR END TO VIOLENCE - WEEK OF PRAYER FOR UNITY
Vatican Radio REPORT Pope Benedict XVI appealed for an end to conflicts around the world on Sunday. Speaking to pilgrims and faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus with him, Pope...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Winter Rambling Writing
So twice today I sat down to write a short Sunday blog post, but ended up writing twice as much as I had imagined. Which means Monday and Tuesday are taken of! But what to say today? The day began...
View ArticleEarl Weaver has Died; but He Sure Left Me Some Memories.
Earl Weaver died yesterday. He was a thorn in my Great Grandma Nellie’s flesh. I think it was because they were a lot alike. Weaver was the manager of the Baltimore Orioles a team that my mom’s Irish...
View Article7 Ways to Sneak into and Keep a Church Leadership Position
Convince people that it’s a needed and biblically warranted hierchacal position. Convince people that leadership is a “Spiritual Gift” (Romans 12) which some have and others don’t, and that the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fear Not: For I am Forgiven
Suggested Scripture reading – Isaiah 43:14-44:5 Isaiah 44:2 “Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen” There was a day, not so long ago, “when the sons of God came to...
View ArticleThe hips of a glacier
A glacier posing as a recumbent woman. Photographed by Jim Richardson in Antarctica last year….
View ArticleWriting “To Godward” | 6.2 Poet Brett Foster
Issue 6.2 poet Brett Foster thinks writing may be an act of devotion, but so can a lot of things if they're done "to Godward." Continue reading →The post Writing “To Godward” | 6.2 Poet Brett Foster...
View ArticleObama Urged by Pastor to Go 'Forward' Before Swearing-In
President Barack Obama attended a worship service at Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church before his official swearing-in for his second term. The Rev. Ronald E. Braxton borrowed a theme...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Good Wine
Beautiful sermon today from Michael Marsh on the Wedding at Cana. Regardless of how it feels or what we think about it, the day the wine runs out is the beginning of a miracle. Christ does not simply...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Don’t Forget What You Look Like – A Devotional Poem
James 1:22-25 (NLT) 22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. 23 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at...
View Article