I have recently noticed the uncanny physical (though by no means ideological) resemblance between these two Baptist preachers, John Piper, of Desiring God Ministries, and the late Tommy Douglas, the father of Canadian medicare and the first leader of Canada’s socialist New Democratic Party. . . . . Continue Reading »
Enemy soldiers should be held in prisoner of war camps. If they are spies or have done something that merits the death penalty, they should be tried in military courts. They should not be tortured and they should be treated with human dignity.These seem like safe assumptions, but the Obama . . . . Continue Reading »
From Frank Lockwood, religion editor at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:“He’s going to exorcise a demon now,” I whispered to the managing editor of the New York Times, adding, “This is somewhat unusual.”Read more . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
From Frank Lockwood , religion editor at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette : “He’s going to exorcise a demon now,” I whispered to the managing editor of the New York Times , adding, “This is somewhat unusual.” Read more . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
It should be no surprise that the language of same-sex marriage is just as controversial as the arguments for it. The rhetorical choices of same-sex marriage proponents—especially their use of rights language—have been effective in winning over the minds of many young people. While . . . . Continue Reading »
Over on the First Thoughts blog we’ve recently begun running weekly sermon reviews. We welcome contributions to this feature from writers everywhere, and are interested in reports from all demoninations and faiths.The pieces should run no more than 800-1000 words, include photos of the place . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s some good news. A child with cerebral palsy has been successfully treated with umbililcal cord blood stem cells. From the story:The Levines were in luck: Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg, a professor of pediatrics and pathology at Duke University, was conducting a study where children . . . . Continue Reading »
Some of you may have noticed that we have recently begun running weekly sermon reviews. We welcome contributions to this feature from writers everywhere, and are interested in reports from all demoninations and faiths. The pieces should run no more than 800-1000 words, include photos of the place . . . . Continue Reading »
At St. Therese of Lisieux—the oldest of the Discalced Carmelite foundations in California, located in Alhambra, a small city in the San Gabriel Valley region near Los Angeles—the Saturday 5 p.m. vigil Mass seemed marked by the motif of drawing to a close . Fr. Jan Lundberg, OCD, the . . . . Continue Reading »
Notice the peculiar pattern on the following book covers? See the pattern? All of the women displayed are missing part of their face or head—and all of them are missing eyes. (Although I stopped after twenty-one, I could have selected dozens more.) I started looking for examples after this . . . . Continue Reading »
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