The Nielson ratings people and Sony surveyed just over 1,000 Americans to determine the top 20 “most universally impactful moments” on television. Here they are: 1. Sept. 11 tragedy (2001) 2. Hurricane Katrina (2005) 3. O.J. Simpson verdict (1995) 4. Challenger space shuttle disaster (1986)
My colleague Marvin Olasky is writing pastors for help with a story. I thought I’d share it with those of you who are pastors in case you could help him and also for our more general discussion: Dear Pastor, I’d like your help in developing
The 1970s was a time of hippies, free love, psychedelic drugs, and cultural revolution. But it was also a time of major religious revival, with the “Jesus Movement” gaining headway in that very counter-culture. How could that be? Baylor professor Philip Jenkins credits the Byrds,
My nomination for the Pulitzer Prize for letters to the editor, if there were such a thing, in the aftermath of the great power outage: Monday, July 2, my third morning in the heat without power (and no power at my workplace), imagine my relief
A study of religious retention rates–that is, what percentage of people raised in a particular church or religion stay with it when they are grown–is quite interesting. Lutherans are in second place among Protestants (58%), just after the Baptists (60%). The group with the worst
The old complaint was that big corporate retailers like Wal-Mart and Borders were putting the local mom ‘n’ pop stores out of business. But now buying on the internet is making even the big box stores obsolete, as people from every corner of the nation
Muslims are radical iconoclasts, and the current Islamist revival has been accompanied by the destruction of many ancient monuments, from the statues of Buddha in Afghanistan to, most recently in Mali, the tombs of Timbuktu. Now that the Islamists have taken over the government in
Exodus International has been the preeminent Christian ministry to gays. A major emphasis of that group has been that homosexuals, through prayer and therapy, can lose their same-sex attraction and become heterosexual. Now the president of that organization is saying something different: The ex-gay movement
President Obama is asking Congress to extend the Bush tax cuts, except for taxpayers who make over $250,000. So will Democrats now admit that President Bush had a good idea? Should Republicans oppose the proposal because it will raise taxes on wealthier Americans? Or will
I was driving down Main Street and saw a tent pitched outside of a residence that was next to the downtown business district. A bunch of teenagers were milling about. There was a podium, and it looked like someone was reading from it. A sign
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