Israel attacks the Gaza Strip , as Palestinians proclaim another intifada, one they vow will unleash “hell.” I understand that Israelis are fed up with Palestinians in Gaza shooting rockets at them from across the border. But choosing now to come down on the Palestinians
According to this story, Americans are saving $1 billion a day, thanks to the drop in gasoline prices from the $4 level.
Everyone is shocked by Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and his blatant attempt to sell Barack Obama’s senate seat to the highest bidder. But, as Martin Schram points out, a similar kind of shakedown is just our lawmaker’s way of doing business: Just about every day
Improved security in Iraq has meant many Iraqi Christians are coming back after fleeing their country and are practicing their faith openly, to the point of publicly celebrating Christmas, with the new Iraqi government going so far as to declare it a national holiday. From
We just got back from the movies, where I was privileged to be in attendance at our two-year-old grandson’s first full-length motion picture. He was completely absorbed for the whole 90 minutes, like everyone else reaching for popcorn and stuffing it in his mouth while
So what did you get for Christmas? In addition to many thoughtful and useful gifts I received, I got one of the coolest presents since that Daisy BB gun I got as a kid on a Christmas eerily reminiscent of “The Christmas Story.” My wife
Other English-speaking lands celebrate the day after Christmas as Boxing Day. It’s a day to give gifts to the people who serve you. First it was servants, when even the middle class had servants, but then it extended to others, including pastors. Sounds like another
We had some posts about the persecution of Christians in Orissa, the state in India, and the prospect that an all-day shutdown on Christmas, as pushed by Hindu extremists, would mean more atrocities against Christians, such as that 11-year-old girl we wrote about who forgave
For Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, we will have no posts about economics, politics, or cultural woes. We will just contemplate and celebrate the incarnation of God. I always find it odd that so many Christians, even, tend to think of God as an abstraction
by G. K. Chesterton Step softly, under snow or rain, To find the place where men can pray; The way is all so very plain That we may lose the way. Oh, we have learnt to peer and pore On tortured puzzles from our youth,
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