Here’s today’s condensed grab bag, concurrently Tweeted and Facebooked: Continue reading “Grab Bag 6/25/11”
Category: Culture
New York Redefines Marriage
New York has redefined the public institution of marriage. No blog by an amateur can do justice to this momentous event, but I must add my voice, constrained by time, to share some of the perspective that has come especially over the past 15 years. Continue reading “New York Redefines Marriage”
Grab bag 6/24/11
Here’s today’s condensed grab bag, concurrently Tweeted and Facebooked: Continue reading “Grab bag 6/24/11”
Daily Grab Bag
I’m going to try a little experiment to see if I can cease flooding Facebook with some of the intriguing things I read in the course of a day. So here’s today’s grab bag: Continue reading “Daily Grab Bag”
“Would you like the Bridal, then?”
I have a favorite naughty joke. It’s a favorite more for the subversive niceness than for the naughtiness, though. Continue reading ““Would you like the Bridal, then?””
School choice a civil right?
A Wall Street Journal item (I’m not sure whether it’s an OpEd or a short feature) calls “education reform” “the civil rights issue of this century.” Continue reading “School choice a civil right?”
Soon, we’ll have little choice but to face reality
When I was young and idealistic, I knew a couple of things that I later forgot or repressed. One of them was that a Christian couldn’t be unequivocally happy about an economic system built on the human vice of acquisitiveness together with borrowing. Another was that natural resources were limited. Continue reading “Soon, we’ll have little choice but to face reality”
Church and State
Georgia State history professor David Sehat adds to the Washington Post “Five Myths” series a worthy “Five Myths about Church and State in America.” I’d like to add a few observations, though.
Continue reading “Church and State”
The Gospel in HOW many words?!
Will Campbell, formerly a hero of mine (I’ve not kept up with him), was taunted by a skeptical friend to summarize his “simple Gospel” in ten words or less. Continue reading “The Gospel in HOW many words?!”
Orthopathos, poppers and consumerism
Any church whose worship experience can be replicated with poppers is in trouble. Continue reading “Orthopathos, poppers and consumerism”
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