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Kokomo! Seriously, The Beach Boys are America’s greatest band. Second in the world only to The Beatles. It doesn’t even matter if Tony thinks otherwise. And a perfect song for Faculty Meeting: Read more
Kokomo! Seriously, The Beach Boys are America’s greatest band. Second in the world only to The Beatles. It doesn’t even matter if Tony thinks otherwise. And a perfect song for Faculty Meeting: Read more
Derek Jeter, evidently, thinks he’s worth bundles. To the tune of $150 million over six years. Derek didn’t pay attention to what happened to LeBron. This report is from Hardball Talk. That according to Bill Madden of the Daily News. It was at least his starting point, and even if he has come down in terms of length — which is a possibility — Madden says that Jeter is still insisting on a $25 million per year deal. Madden credits... Read more
At First Things, Joe Carter takes on Charles Krauthammer, who essentially thinks the current system isn’t what it says it is and opts instead for more profiling: You might assume that preventing a similar type of attack would be a national security priority. You might assume that measures that prevent terrorist from boarding aircraft with weapons would garner almost universal support. You might even assume that the people who were most vocal in criticizing the government for failing to do... Read more
This post is the second one in a series by David Opderbeck. This is the second post in my series on Gavin D’Costa, Christianity and World Religions: Disputed Questions in the Theology of Religions. The first post is here. In this post I’ll jump to the last chapter of the book to consider D’Costa’s proposal regarding the salvation of the unevangelized. What do you think of the Limbo of the Just? As a Roman Catholic theologian, D’Costa is constrained by the... Read more
I got this from a reader, and thought it would be the subject for a good discussion. How would you answer his questions? I was hesitant to write this because I know you’re busy and I don’t want to treat you like “my personal study Bible”. However, there has been something on my mind lately. I am part of what you might classify as a “neo-reformed” church plant. We are baptist, calvinistic and complementarian. As a church we have been... Read more
A beloved American tradition, Thanksgiving Day offers us the opportunity to focus our thoughts on the grace that has been extended to our people and our country. This spirit brought together the newly arrived Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe — who had been living and thriving around Plymouth, Massachusetts for thousands of years — in an autumn harvest feast centuries ago. This Thanksgiving Day, we reflect on the compassion and contributions of Native Americans, whose skill in agriculture helped the... Read more
From David Hall, in NYTimes and a professor at Harvard Divinity School: Why does it matter whether we get the Puritans right or not? The simple answer is that it matters because our civil society depends, as theirs did, on linking an ethics of the common good with the uses of power. In our society, liberty has become deeply problematic: more a matter of entitlement than of obligation to the whole. Everywhere, we see power abused, the common good scanted.... Read more
See this report? Nothing to say … but maybe you’ve got some insights, or comments, or jokes… sure am thankful we didn’t eat beard today. LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP) – Two central Kentucky men were sentenced to probation in connection with a bizarre case in which a third man said he was forced to eat his beard after an argument. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported 47-year-old Troy Holt and 51-year-old James Hill were sentenced Tuesday in Anderson Circuit Court. Harvey Westmoreland of... Read more
Kris and I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! We will be traveling this morning to spend the day with family from hither and yon, and we are grateful that everyone will be together. Blessings on your day. Read more
It’s Thanksgiving, and a good time to read this piece by Adam McHugh at Relevant Mag. Here’s a clip, with a question at the bottom: Some meals can change your life. Every Thanksgiving I find myself reflecting on how significant the act of eating is to our lives and even how central it is to our faith. Sometimes it seems odd that we celebrate a holiday that centers on a meal, but then I remember how many unforgettable scenes in... Read more
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