During the Bush administration, I kept running into younger evangelicals who would bemoan the partisanship of our times. Evidently President Bush and Republicans like myself were hell-bent on demonizing those with whom we disagreed. I knew such things happened, even a great books teacher must notice . . . . Continue Reading »
On-line “church” has virtues, and may be licit in unusual circumstances, but it is not a complete substitute for authentic community that is three dimensional.Like any on-line thrills, it might have its thrills, but church on line is not fecund. While information sharing can supplement . . . . Continue Reading »
I wrote a series of guest posts back in the summer of 2007 for the now-defunct blog Right Reason that I think might provide a good theoretical background for some of the issues going around right now on Christians and political participation. When that blog suddenly vanished within the . . . . Continue Reading »
This is Frank Turek. I am not Frank Turek. I know: he says it wrong, and it sounds like “Frank Turk”. Forgive him.If he gets half as many e-mails people mean for me that I get which they mean for him, I pity him. I am sure the mail he gets meant for me is far less . . . . Continue Reading »
In the Wall Street Journal , Patrick J. Reilly reports that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that Catholic institutions must pay for birth control in their health insurance plans: Last week, thanks to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal government took a . . . . Continue Reading »
“Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete.”—2 John . . . . Continue Reading »
There is a temporary impasse about abortion funding in the House, with pro life Democrats balking at the current bill because it could have federal money fund abortion. From the story:House Democrats are at an impasse over whether their remake of the nation’s health care system would . . . . Continue Reading »
Jared pointed us to Doug Estes’ piece on Out of Ur on the myths surrounding online church, and rightly criticized it. It is not his best work. All I can say is, read the book. From the excerpts I have read (2 or 3 chapters), Doug sincerely attempts to offer a reasoned case . . . . Continue Reading »
Bruce Feiler notes that Moses is depicted in a number of locations in our nation’s capital, is invoked by almost all Presidents, and has been drawn upon in America at nearly every point in its history: Moses is the patron saint of Washington—and a potent spiritual force in nearly every . . . . Continue Reading »
Teaching ethics in a local junior college is a great opportunity to impact minds in my community. A somewhat ancillary discussion we have had in class is the usage of moral and ethical—terms with no meaningful distinction, though sometimes associated with different quadrants of society (e.g. . . . . Continue Reading »
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