Sunday is the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. So we need to observe the occasion. And yet I find myself experiencing grief fatigue, outrage fatigue, war fatigue. I wish we could get beyond 9/11, put it behind us. Now that Osama bin Laden is
Sunday is the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. So we need to observe the occasion. And yet I find myself experiencing grief fatigue, outrage fatigue, war fatigue. I wish we could get beyond 9/11, put it behind us. Now that Osama bin Laden is
The president unveiled his jobs package last night to a joint session of Congress. Here are the main provisions of the $447 billion plan: -EMPLOYEE TAX CUTS. A deeper payroll tax cut for all workers. Congress in December cut the payroll tax, which raises money
Ecumenical News International reports that the number of interfaith worship services–that is, those in which people of different religions worshipped together (Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, etc.)–have doubled since the 9/11 attacks: Interfaith worship services have doubled in the decade since the 11 September attacks, according to
Thursday was the 45th anniversary of the first airing of Star Trek on NBC. Are you or have you ever been a Trekkie? Have you gotten a life, and if so, do you still like Star Trek? What is it about this series that we
Al Mohler has an interesting piece trying to define what is meant by “evangelical.” He goes back into history, though strangely he says nothing about the source of the word in Lutheranism. “Evangelical” used to be the name for “Lutheran,” in distinction to both Roman
Well, I thought the eight presidential candidates trying to get the Republican convention did well in their debate last night. I hadn’t heard Perry before, and he came across well. I was pleasantly surprised with Huntsman, who played the optimism card (though he lost me
Michael Hannon uses a Luther quotation to get at the essential difference between liberalism and conservatism. (And he concludes that Luther is right.) “Peace if possible, truth at all costs!” Thus heralded Martin Luther half a millennium ago, and let no man accuse him of
We have entered an era, according to Greg Jaffe, of endless war: In previous decades, the military and the American public viewed war as an aberration and peace as the norm. Today, radical religious ideologies, new technologies and cheap, powerful weapons have catapulted the world
More great preaching from our pastor, Rev. Douthwaite, on the text Matthew 18:1-20. Read it all. Here is the beginning and the end. Notice how the law passages are all brought down on Jesus: In common thinking, the phase of life called childhood is something
That Mayor Bloomberg is not inviting clergy to participate in the ten year anniversary events marking the 9/11 anniversary has provoked not a little outrage. But Lutheran pastor William Cwirla presents a contrary view: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has banned clergy from participating in
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