Movies that are explicitly Christian are often moralistic and preachy, with characters that are stereotyped and idealized. As such, they often don’t display the gritty conflict between sin and grace that Christianity is all about. Christian movies aren’t the only films with these kinds of
In my field of higher education, the big idea is assessment. Accreditors are requiring that we assess what we do; that is, that we give evidence for the quality and effectiveness of our programs and operations. Businesses too are measuring product quality and customer satisfaction.
Atheists in Boston are complaining that they haven’t been invited to participate in the interfaith services held in connection to the Boston Marathon bombings. See No Room for Non-Theists at Boston Interfaith Service | (A)theologies | Religion Dispatches. (more…)
Here is a fascinating account of the police work that led to the identification and apprehension of the Boston Marathon bombers: Police, citizens and technology factor into Boston bombing probe – The Washington Post. The legal issue now is whether “Jahar,” the surviving terrorist, should
The Boy Scouts of America will propose a change to their policies that will admit gay members but still not allow gay scout leaders. Is that a good compromise? Gay activists are attacking the proposal, insisting that the scouts also allow for gay leaders. The
From Fox News: BREAKING: A day-long dragnet for the second of two brothers believed to be behind Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing ended Friday night, with police capturing the suspect covered in blood and hiding in a boat in the backyard of a man who called
Thanks to Bob Miller for showing me this quotation from John Chrysostom (c. 347-407) from his Homily 5 on Titus: “Woman was not made for this, O man, to be prostituted as common. O you subverters of all decency, who use men, as if they
Those who convert to Catholicism are said to have “swum the Tiber,” referring to the river that runs through Rome. Those who convert to Orthodoxy are said to have “swum the Bosphorus,” the strait in Turkey that separates Europe from Asia. So what is a
Lots of things have been happening in the news, including some new developments in topics we have discussed earlier. I’ll just pull together some links: Have you seen these men? The FBI has released photos from surveillance videos that depict two suspects in the Boston
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