Gay marriage is now legal in IOWA! Middle-American, rural, salt-of-the-earth Iowa. Does this mean the culture war is essentially over? If it is, and if we cultural conservatives lose on every issue, what would that mean for the church? Anything?
Gay marriage is now legal in IOWA! Middle-American, rural, salt-of-the-earth Iowa. Does this mean the culture war is essentially over? If it is, and if we cultural conservatives lose on every issue, what would that mean for the church? Anything?
Rev. Kevin Thew Forrester, who has been elected bishop of Northern Michigan by the Episcopal Church replaced the New Testament reading for one of the Sundays in Epiphany with a passage from the Quran. The liturgy folder, which you can download from the link if
Poor Italy, its beautiful mountain towns devastated by an earthquake that has killed at least 150. Anthony Sacramone, whose family hails from there, gives facts and personal reflections.
According to the Washington Post, the chief of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, is working to increase inflation as a way to boost the economy: In a January speech, Bernanke acknowledged the limits of liquidity and outlined a broader strategy in which the Fed would
Today is the commemoration day of Reformation artists Lucas Cranach and Albrecht Durer, April 6 being the day the latter artist died. I hope you will enjoy your day off, get the art present you were hoping for, and enjoy your traditional Cranach & Durer
Durer was one of the first artists to take advantage of printing technology. He carved drawings into blocks of wood, which were then inked and put onto a printing press, which then made thousands of copies. Others had done woodcuts before, but Durer turned the
Washington, D.C., is losing its last rock station, with longtime FM stalwart WTGB switching its format to pop. I can still remember when rock ‘n’ roll WAS pop; that is, when it was THE style of popular music. Now I guess it’s just another embattled
Movies are made by splicing pieces of film together (or film’s digital equivalent). A key to a movie’s success or failure, its quality or lack thereof, is the art of editing. The “Washington Post” has a good feature on the subject: To Appreciate the Art
When I was 8 years old, I read a comic book called “Hercules Unchained” based on a movie that would soon be coming out. (Comic books and movie marketers used to do that.) When the movie came to our little town, I went to the
Congress has approved President Obama’s $3.5 trillion budget, with a few details yet to be worked out, but accepting the big-ticket items such as taking on health care: Congressional Democrats overwhelmingly embraced President Obama’s ambitious and expensive agenda for the nation yesterday, endorsing a $3.5
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