One of the illuminating qualities of the book I have been recommending, Grace Upon Grace: Spirituality for Today by John W. Kleinig, is its definitions of concepts that I thought I understood but in reality knew only superficially. For example: “Modern people tend to confuse
Charles Krauthammer is not against coming up with health insurance for those who do not have it, but he points out that the current bills are utterly incoherent, making a system that is already inefficient even more so: The United States has the best health
The Washington Post has a story about a single mother of three who made $15,000 a year as a daycare worker who managed in the real estate bubble to buy a house that cost $698,000, only, of course, to lose it. It’s a tale of
From Grace Upon Grace: Spirituality for Today by John W. Kleinig: “When I speak about spirituality, I do not envisage something extraordinary—a superior way of being a Christian that is open only to a religious elite or a more advanced stage in the spiritual life.
Another Climategate e-mail, the best one yet: The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t. The CERES data published in the August BAMS 09 supplement on 2008 shows there should
Did you know that dinner plates, up until the late 1960’s used to be only 9 inches in diameter? Since then, they have kept getting bigger until today the average dinner plate is 12 inches wide. And so, when we fill our plates we are
From George Washington, 1789: Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor – and Whereas both Houses of Congress have
Columnist Sally Quinn , writing about entertaining guests, tossed off a provocative comparison: When you think about it, there is a sacred quality to the sharing of a meal. Just think of Jesus's last supper as an example. The table can be a kind of
From Grace Upon Grace: Spirituality for Today by John W. Kleinig, on saying grace before our meal: “Because God provides us with our daily bread and all that we need for our physical journey on earth, we exercise our faith by saying grace before and
In our Bible class, we are studying Genesis by way of Luther’s commentary, the equivalent, as our pastor said, of taking a class on the subject at the University of Wittenberg, the commentary consisting essentially of Dr. Luther’s lecture notes. Sunday we were looking at
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