Culture
Movie Review: The Cartel
So where is the money going if it isn't producing the good results that upwards of six modest incomes combined should produce (if money were the biggest factor)? Bowden follows the moolah everywhere it goes. And not surprisingly, most of it isn't spent in the classroom. »
“So Long, Insecurity”?
“We’re insecure. You and me and every woman. In fact, chronic insecurity is a cultural epidemic, but almost no one is talking about it. And it ticks me off.” - Beth Moore Intriguing statement, huh? Especially this part: “We’re insecure. You and me and every woman.” What do you think about that statement? True? ... »
Movie Review: “We Are Marshall”
“From the ashes we rose.” I’m not a big football fan. I’d rather watch paint peel than a “football movie” - until I stumbled upon We Are Marshall (Warner Brothers, 2006) the other day. Powerful and poignant, We Are Marshall is more than a “football movie.” Much more. It’s the heart-wrenching,... »
My New Year’s Resolution: Be Like Billy Graham
What? Oh, you thought…hahaha! You imagined crusades, dynamic preaching, and conferences with heads of state. No, no. I haven’t visions of preaching to millions nor delusions of grandeur (most of the time). I just read a little book over the Christmas holiday and knew I’d found what I wanted to... »
Making Sarah Palin Look Dumb
It’s too bad that disingenuity, self-interest, and lack of interest in “the facts” seem to drive the political machine. From the AtlanticWire’s “breakdown” of Sarah Palin’s O’Reilly Factor interview November 19, 2009, rebroadcast late December: Palin on Reading O’REILLY: Couric asked you an easy question [about what magazines or newspapers... »
Don’t Be a Hero
“I don’t want to be considered a hero. Imagine, young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero? I was not. I was just an ordinary housewife and... »
What’s Yours is Ours: Thoughts on the Christian Collective and Socialism as Policy
So, is this a model for Christian life today, not just in America, but everywhere? Can it be? Should it be? If it is, then it cannot be merely spiritually neutral, can it? Specifically, if we see it institutionally implemented as a transformation of society from a non-socialist status quo to one that is,... »
Follow-up on Brit Hume on Tiger Woods (links)
Some noteworthy commentary by other Christian bloggers: In Secularism and Brit Hume, Hunter Baker @First Things’ Evangel links to Big Hollywood’s Adam Baldwin, who quotes Baker on secularism: “…a radical concept that involves the privatization of religious belief: when we are together in the public square, if we are ‘virtuous and civil’ then we will... »
“Life is a gift”
A 27-year old man talks about how he nearly froze to death (video). »
