In today’s “On the Square” essay, theologian Stephen Webb looks at the career of a man called “an American saint” who was, the man’s latest biographer says, neither an American nor a saint. The Methodist leader Francis Asbury was The First American Everyman . . . . . Continue Reading »
Were California voters duped in supporting public funding of embryonic stem cell research? In 2004, they approved Proposition 71, a ballot measure that would allow the state to borrow $3 billion in order to push through the unethical research. Now, six years later, award-winning science . . . . Continue Reading »
One week from Saturday, I’m giving an oral final/homily to a (late vocations) N.T. class that I’m taking. I had a suggestion to do my homily concentrating on the topic of tolerance. Right now I’m thinking of starting (and wrapping up?) with a look at the section in John in which . . . . Continue Reading »
John Starke at TGC Reviews interviews Eric Metaxas about his new biography on . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t mean for this to be pick on Peter Singer week, but blame him for being so wrong at every opportunity. Singer has a piece in the Guardian decrying the outsourcing of animal research to countries with weak welfare rules. Great! We are, for once, on the same page.But Singer . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve been reading John Cassian’s Conferences lately, a work that along with his Institutes were written at the beginning of the fifth century. Cassian’s goal is to convey to his Latin-speaking readers the spiritual wisdom of early Egyptian monasticism, and he lived with the monks . . . . Continue Reading »
Diversity is a great idea. To promote diversity with respect to race, age, art and music, nationality, and the like is to encourage a broader perspective and a more fully human experience of life. It’s a marvelous way to uncover and correct blind spots in one’s outlook.Like most great . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s “On the Square” article, Iran’s Nuclear Weapon Capability , former deputy assistant secretary of defense for combating weapons of mass destruction and negotiations policy Jack David writes of the dangers facing the world and the hard decisions Iran’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Lutheran pastor and frequent contributor Russell E. Saltzman has just published a short, enjoyable, and stimulating book called The Pastor’s Page , published by the American Lutheran Publicity Bureau . It’s a collection of letters from his parish newsletter, and dedicated to Father . . . . Continue Reading »
Compassion and Choices backed a lawsuit in Connecticut to legalize assisted suicide by redefining the term to “aid in dying” when committed by doctors at the request of terminally ill patients. No go. From the story:A Superior Court judge has rejected a request from two . . . . Continue Reading »
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