Read George Herbert’s “The Sacrifice,” a poem from the perspective of Christ on the Cross, quoted and linked after the jump. Do you see how it influenced the beloved Lenten hymn “My Song Is Love Unknown”? (Throw in Herbert’s poem Love Unknown and you’ve pretty
The federal government insists that the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious groups enable their insurance companies to provide contraceptives for their employees. There is to be no religious exemption, and yet big corporations like Pepsi, Visa, Exxon, and Chevron are exempt
The NCAA basketball tournament is underway. My two alma maters, Oklahoma and Kansas, are in the thick of it. So what are your predictions? Who will be in the Final Four? Who will be in the championship game? Who will win? (more…)
Today is Maundy Thursday, arguably the climax of our Lord’s earthly ministry, the day He washed His disciple’s feet, gave them the mandate (thus, “maundy”) to love one another, instituted the Sacrament of Holy Communion, experienced agony in the garden, gave His high priestly prayer
Theologians have long talked about the limits of our finite human reason when it comes to comprehending the infinite God. Now scientists are up against the limits of our finite human reason when it comes to comprehending finite nature. Scientific American has a fascinating survey
Ted Cruz won all 40 of the Utah delegates, taking a majority of the votes (69%) and kicking in the winner-take-all provision. Donald Trump only took 14%. (Mormons do not like Trump.) Bernie Sanders (80%) also took all of the delegates in that hot-bed of
Tomorrow the short-handed Supreme Court will hear arguments on the case brought by the Little Sisters of the Poor on whether they should be forced to go through the paperwork so that their employees can get free contraception and abortifacients under Obamacare. The government says that
Contrary to the free-floating urbanite stereotype of millennials, that under-35-year-old generation is now preoccupied with buying houses in the suburbs. Could it be that rather than over-generalizing about generational characteristics, what we have been seeing is far simpler? Single people like living in cities, where possible
Terrorists attacked Brussels, Belgium, bombing a metro station and the check-in area at the airport. Over 30 people are dead, with more than 200 injured. ISIS claims responsibility. Brussels is the headquarters of the European Union, which has been supporting Muslim immigration and peace and tolerance for
When Donald Trump was growing up, his parents would take him to the church pastored by Norman Vincent Peale. The minister who developed “the power of positive thinking” conducted the weddings for Trump and his sisters. And today the preachers of the “prosperity gospel,” which
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