How to rejoice after Newtown shootings?
[Episcopal News Service] Editor’s note: This piece originally appeared in the Huffington Post’s religion section. I want to challenge you to find something to rejoice about today. Even in the face of...
View ArticleWashington National Cathedral to host 57th Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service
[Washington National Cathedral] Washington National Cathedral today announced plans to host a national prayer service in celebration of the 57th Presidential Inaugural. In partnership with the 2013...
View Article-Singing Christmas Carols a “Form of Bullying”?
(Joy to the world: mag3737) You might have missed this story over the weekend with the real tragedy and chaos surrounding the school shooting in Connecticut. Apparently some...
View ArticlePolitically incorrect but creative thinking in the classroom
Indiana state Sen. Dennis Kruse doesn’t worry much about what’s politically correct. He saw the easy-divorce problem hurting children and families and recommended a controversial covenant marriage...
View ArticleGun Control Polls Shift After Tragic Shootings But Party Affiliation Is Key
A Gallup poll taken in October 2011 showed that 54 percent of Americans felt that gun laws should remain as they are or be less strict. But in the wake of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary...
View ArticleColumbia's $200 Million Gift: President Lee C. Bollinger Announces Funds for...
Columbia's President Lee C. Bollinger has announced that a $200 million gift would be given by Mortimer B. Zuckerman to endow a Mind Brain Behavior Institute in support of interdisciplinary...
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James Dobson Calls Sandy Hook Shootings 'Judgment'
Echoing sentiments similar to Gov. Mike Huckabee, James Dobson took to the airwaves today to blame the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings on America not being Christian enough. Referencing...
View ArticleWhy Do We Love this Season?
Why do we love this season? I would suggest that aesthetics have much to do with the answer to that question. Advent and Christmas are made sensible to us by means of the things we see, hear, smell,...
View ArticleHow I convinced my wife to marry me.
Are you single this Christmas? If someone says, “Maybe this Christmas you have the gift of celibacy like Paul,” you have my permission to punch them in the face. But if you want to meet your wife, a...
View ArticleLaws need to change to keep up with our more developed human minds
Thomas Jefferson made this historically and ethically obvious yet incredibly important observation in a letter to Samuel Kercheval dated July 12, 1816. The above inscription is from the southeast...
View ArticlePrivacy rules could trap app developers
The Federal Trade Commission is expected to issue stricter online child privacy rules this week, making data sharing complicated, costly, and potentially dangerous for developers. The proposed changes...
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Interplay of Browns
This was the view out behind the parking lot at Bixby Hospital today. I like the interplay of browns. This quote from John Tauler is in my mind today too: Beloved, return all things to the ground of...
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Gentlemen’s Society
The Gentlemen’s Society is a great program in Texas, teaching young boys how to become men. Here’s a blurb from their website… The Gentlemen’s Society is a program designed to mentor young men, between...
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Who? What? When? Where? Hunh?
I am confident I found the weirdest religion news story of the month. The This Is Somerset (UK) news site had a story about a darts fan who “bears an uncanny resemblance to Jesus” getting “kicked out...
View ArticlePastors: What Should We Do About Fear?
Paul David Tripp in Dangerous Calling (Kindle version), which may be the best book of 2012 (certainly the most important book of 2012 for me and my wife), writes in chapter 9, "There are times when...
View ArticleWORLDmag.com New Year’s resolutions
Thanks to all of you who are reading our series of profiles of couples married at least 35 years. We have several news series related to marriage that we’d like to begin in the new year, and we welcome...
View ArticleChristmas Redemption
Jesus has redeemed Christmas. Just as Jesus redeems us, He also redeems the cultural elements and traditions that surround us, including our holidays. Christmas Redemption look at some of the symbolism...
View ArticleThe stress of being with family at Christmas
Do you know what the best part of the Christmas season is? It is being together with members of our family. Do you know what the worst part is? It is being together with members of our family. It...
View ArticleTony Hawk skates with his daughter, takes a jab at critics of his parenting
Yesterday, Tony Hawk posted a picture of himself and his daughter tooling around on a skateboard together… This being the internet, he was loudly criticized for taking such risks with a child, so he...
View ArticleGallup: Majority Believe Gays Can Adopt But Not Lead Boy Scouts
A Gallup poll shows strong majorities of Americans favor a broad range of rights for gays and lesbians, including adopting children, but a slim majority also say that gays should not be Boy Scout leaders.
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