They’re Targeting the People of the Cross

Last updated on: February 16, 2015 at 5:59 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

ISIS released its first video of mass beheadings last Saturday. The victims of this murder were 21 Christian Egyptian men who ISIS marched onto a beach in Libya and then beheaded en masse. A CBS senior news analyst commented “They are targeting the people of the cross,” the Copts, which is an ancient Christian communion located mostly in Egypt. This isn’t much of an analytical leap, considering that ISIS named the video “A Message to the Nation of the Cross.” France and Egypt have... Read more

What New Dads Do

Last updated on: February 16, 2015 at 10:31 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Real men love their kids. My life has been blessed by two wonderful real men: My father, and my husband. Read more

What are You Doing for Shrove Tuesday?

Last updated on: February 16, 2015 at 5:54 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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Lent is just on the other side of tomorrow. Come Wednesday, we’re all going to church and get an ash cross on our foreheads with the admonition to “Remember, thou are but dust.” But before Ash Wednesday comes Shrove Tuesday, or Fat Tuesday as it is sometimes called. Shrove/Fat Tuesday is the last day before Lent, and certain Catholics use the day to party hardy before shutting all that down for 40 days of penance and fasting. Or, at least... Read more

History of the Crusades: Muhommad and the Origins of Islam

Last updated on: March 24, 2017 at 3:01 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

This particular video seems to have attracted a few angry comments on You Tube. I am not posting it here to discuss Islamic theology. I don’t know anything about Islamic theology and Islam is not the topic or purpose of this blog. The reason I am posting these videos is that an inaccurate history of the Crusades is being used degrade and bash Christians and Christianity. This has happened as recently as last week and by no less a personage... Read more

History of the Crusades: The Second Arab Siege of Constantinople

Last updated on: February 16, 2015 at 8:57 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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I am aware that there are Islamic teachings which lead to a more peaceful application of that faith. I think that the interpretation referenced here is an accurate depiction of of the application of Islamic teachings in 633-638 AD. It also seems that it is still relevant to Islamic extremists today. I want to emphasize that this video discusses events which happened almost 1400 years ago. The reason I am posting it here is to correct the inaccurate history of... Read more

Another Terrorist Shooting in Europe: This Time in Denmark.

Last updated on: February 16, 2015 at 5:55 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Europe suffered another deadly terrorist attack on another person who had supposedly defamed the Prophet Mohammad. There was also a second attack at a Bar Mitzvah in which a Jewish man was murdered. This time, the shootings were in Denmark. Film director Finn Norgaard was killed and three police officers wounded Saturday at a free speech rally in Copenhagen. Hours later, a gunman killed Dan Uzan outside a synagogue where a Bar Mitvah was taking place. The attacker, who the... Read more

10 Reasons Not to See Fifty Shades of Grey

Last updated on: February 15, 2015 at 12:00 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Fifty Shades of Grey did big box office yesterday. It pulled in $30.2 million. It is also, as the article I linked to shows, being regarded as something of a cultural event. I imagine today will be even bigger box office for the movie. The fact that many of the viewers are women tells its own tale about the degradation of the female which has taken place in our world. There was a time when the feminist movement would have tarred Fifty... Read more

The ‘Fifty Shades’ Controversy: Sicko Sex and Failed Feminism

Last updated on: February 16, 2015 at 7:39 am By Rebecca Hamilton

What is it with women who read Fifty Shades of Gay and who will go to the movie? You got me. Fifty Shades sounds like the classic masochistic nonsense: Woman redeeming the bad man by allowing him to abuse her. This sort of claptrap has been used to keep women in abusive relationships for millennia. It’s right up there with the “she asked for it” defense of rape. It is interesting that it’s Christians who are speaking out most strongly against... Read more

Staying Married: Listen to Your Wife; Talk to Your Husband

Last updated on: February 14, 2015 at 8:05 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Note: This post was first published a couple of years ago. My husband forgot about the first Valentine’s Day after our marriage. I didn’t get so much as a card. That was what you might call a mistake on his part; one he has learned not to repeat. The reason he’s learned this is because I told him. I didn’t go home from work that day (I was in the legislature at the time) and hit him with my purse.... Read more

Are Wealthy US Foundations Paying to Suppress Religious Freedom?

Last updated on: February 13, 2015 at 4:28 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Are wealthy US foundations paying to suppress religious freedom? John Lomperis of the Institute for Religion and Democracy says that so far as the Ford Foundation and the Arcus Foundation are concerned, the answer may be yes. From Catholic News Agency: “The agenda of such groups in opposing basic conscience protections could hardly be more diametrically opposed to our nation’s great traditions of freedom of conscience and of religion,” Lomperis, who serves as United Methodist Director for the institute, told... Read more