Religious people are for the most part appalled at the Obamacare mandate that employers must provide health insurance that will provide free abortion pills and contraceptives. This is seen as a profound assault on religious liberty, forcing people by law to do what their religion
To contemplate Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, those sobering words accompanying the imposition of ashes are a good place to start. (More personally, “you are dust, and to dust you shall return”!) This is called a memento mori, a reminder that you are
I love the Lenten season and it always does me good. I try to discipline myself more–which usually in my case means not eating so much and exercising more–and I usually work through some heavy-duty theological text for my edification. (I have a couple in
I am appreciating more and more the ability of Matt Harrison, president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, to witness to our faith in the public square. Here are his Lenten greetings:
As I keep saying, I don’t intend this to be just a Lutheran blog, so please bear with me, those of you who don’t make a big deal about the church year, in today’s Ash Wednesday theme. I offer you this, though, an article by
How political campaigns are waged these days: Rick Santorum’s surprising momentum at a critical stage in the presidential race has forced the Obama campaign to reassess its reelection strategy, which for months has revolved around the likelihood that Mitt Romney would end up as the
What awaits us, no matter who wins the elections: On Dec. 31, the George W. Bush-era tax cuts are scheduled to expire, raising rates on investment income, estates and gifts, and earnings at all levels. Overnight, the marriage penalty for joint filers will spring back
In Vancouver, British Columbia, there is a motorcycle repair shop that lets you use their tools and someone shows you how to fix your bike yourself. Here is a video about the business, which is called Motomethod: The Motomethod Story from Zenga Bros on Vimeo.
Today is Presidents’ Day, which began as an amalgamation of George Washington’s birthday and Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, but now is nobody’s birthday but just honors our chief executives. So let’s take a pause from the current presidential campaign to discuss the institution itself. Is it
Charles Krauthammer points out yet another problem with President Obama’s contraceptive mandate compromise: The president of the United States has just ordered private companies to give away for free a service that his own health and human services secretary has repeatedly called a major financial
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