So churches in the D.C. area are falling all over themselves inviting president-elect Barack Obama and his family to become members. See Churches Vie to Attract The Newest First Family – washingtonpost.com. Since Mr. Obama surely reads this blog, I need to make a pitch
The Twilight books seem to be the biggest teen & tween reading phenomenon since Harry Potter. They are about vampires and romance, but I am told they are startlingly wholesome, glorifying abstinence and other moral values. The author, Stephenie Meyer, is a Mormon. Now the
I could hardly believe the Oklahoma Sooners (my alma mater) handled Texas Tech, the number 2 team in the nation, with such ease, beating them 65-21. The mighty Big 12 South will probably have three teams with only one loss, assuming they all win out
On Sunday, the last Sunday of the church year, we had a sermon about the text on the Son of Man coming back and separating the sheep from the goats (Matthew 25: 31-36). Pastor added some new dimensions to that account. He pointed out that
Stop trying to figure out what part of the Republican coalition needs to be purged. I think the alliance of religious conservatives, economic conservatives, and libertarians can be preserved. Why? In this climate of liberal triumphalism, the Democrats will over-reach. The liberal economic policies of
Can someone explain to me how anyone can justify the bill to replace the secret ballot with signed cards for workers deciding on whether or not to join a union? The proposed Employee Free Choice Act passed the House, but it hasn’t even come to
Our pastor sent out a prayer request for Bishop Elisa of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sudan, who is experiencing severe health problems. He included a letter from the Lutheran Heritage Foundation, which includes this information about how the Lutheran church of Sudan came to
A major intelligence study projects the decline of America and the rise of India and China as world leaders: U.S. economic and political clout will decline over the next two decades and the world will be more dangerous, with food and water scarce and advanced
Anthony Sacramone, who once channeled “Luther at the Movies,” is blogging again at Strange Herring. Bookmark it and check it every chance you get for Lutheran insight and Lutheran humor. (No, the latter is not an oxymoron. Far from it. It’s a kind of a
I predicted this would happen. Erstwhile conservative columnist Kathleen Parker is saying that the Republican defeat and its continuing hopeless prospects are due to religious voters. From Giving Up on God – washingtonpost.com: As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will
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