Memorial Day

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Rather than repost an article or two about Memorial Day or the military here’s a list of links to a number of great articles about the sacrifices made by those in our armed services. Huffington Post – Honoring Muslim American Veterans On Memorial Day Huffington Post – Giving Thanks For All Who Have Worn ‘The [...]

Orphan Fever

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by Calulu Mother Jones magazine has finally published Kathryn Joyce’s account of the Evangelical Movement’s obsession with adoption and the inevitable not so great outcomes when you don’t take practicalities of foreign adoption under consideration.

Congratulations Samantha! – SASBN

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Samantha from the blog Defeating The Dragons and NLQ’s SASBN was recently singled out as the subject of  Christianity Today’s article Finding Faith After Spiritual Indoctrination due to the excellence of her blogging about her past experiences! Congratulations and

An Open Letter to Other Recent Open Letters

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by Calulu This isn’t quite a mea maxima culpa, but I did want to take some time to talk about the recent posting of two Open Letter posts involving the Hyles family, the Schaap family and the continuing mess at First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana.

Laughter is Good Medicine: Creationism

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From the Doonesbury cartoon strip by Gary Trudeau. Selling Creationism.