Things are hard and the message of Advent, the days before Christmas, is not to cheer up, but to look up. The redemption of all people is coming, but it is coming on God’s timing.That frustrates me and I suspect I am not the only one. We want help when we think we need it, but God insists on . . . . Continue Reading »
...discussing the dollar and interest . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a new What It Means to be Human podcast out, in which I describe the brave new world agenda and my optimism in the human capacity to control our own future. “We are not helpless against the admittedly powerful forces of technological change,” I say. “Rather than . . . . Continue Reading »
What are we to make of these trends? A 2009 Gallup Poll shows that Protestant and Catholic levels of church attendance are converging. But the Catholics who attend mass weekly are getting older, while an increasing proportion of young Protestants are attending church services. Thoughts from readers . . . . Continue Reading »
An esoteric branch of Jewish commentary, gematria, seeks meaning in the numerical value of names. This approach never has convinced me, for God is entirely capable of providing names that tell us exactly what to think about the associated material.For example: a review copy of a new book entitled . . . . Continue Reading »
As I have been reading blogs lately I have been nearly overwhelmed with all the reports of cancer. Matt was kind enough to post an update on my own condition a few days ago, and I can think of at least 5 other bloggers and leaders I have become aware of in the last couple of weeks who . . . . Continue Reading »
You would think that since God had Moses include “You shall not steal” at least three times in the Pentateuch (Exod. 20:15; Deut. 5:19, Lev. 19:11) we’d be perfectly clear on that whole not stealing thing. But Anglican priest Fr. Tim Jones clarifies for us that what God really . . . . Continue Reading »
I haven’t heard a single Jewish voice defending Pope Benedict XVI’s decision Dec. 19 to declare that Pius XII lived “a life of heroic virtue.” The Jewish organizations all object; the State of Israel said that the question of Pius XII’s prospective sainthood “does . . . . Continue Reading »
The picture at the right is of Secondhand Smoke—at least if one listens to Rhode Island Senator Whitehouse. He claims opponents of Obamacare are nothing but a bunch of racists and right wing fanatics who wish President Obama didn’t even exist. From the story quoting the . . . . Continue Reading »
I just knew the global warming that hysterics wouldn’t learn humility from their recent debacle. Unable to impose their will in Copenhagen, some of the more hysterical warmers apparently now want to junk the UN approach and impose their will on the world by a supposed . . . . Continue Reading »
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