It’s That Time Again: Atheist Cranks Put Up Another of Their Annual Anti-Christmas Displays

Last updated on: October 5, 2018 at 3:20 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Who reads the Bible more than the President of the Southern Baptist Convention? Atheists. Who talks about Jesus more than the Pope? Atheists. Who worries constantly about the fact that somebody, somewhere, might be enjoying Christmas? Atheists. Who misquotes the Bible and misapplies those quotes more than Archie Bunker? Atheists. In their annual campaign to ruin Christmas for the rest of us, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has somehow or other persuaded the government of Wisconsin to allow them to... Read more

Someone’s Coming, and We Need to Get Ready

Last updated on: October 5, 2018 at 3:20 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Today is the first day of Advent. A time when we prepare to meet Our Lord. I’ve read in books and seen on television a number of first person stories from people who were faced with imminent death. Many of them relate how, when the gun is pointed at their heads or the bear was chomping at their skulls, they asked God to forgive their sins and receive their souls. Then, almost invariably, they say they thought about their families.... Read more

I’m Going to Buy This Advent CD

Last updated on: February 8, 2017 at 11:57 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Take a look at this beautiful YouTube video and enjoy. I am going to buy a copy of this CD for myself this Advent. Have a blessed Sunday. Read more

Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions for December 2012

Last updated on: February 8, 2017 at 11:57 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

December 2012 General Intention: That migrants throughout the world may be welcomed with generosity and authentic love, especially by Christian communities. Missionary Intention: Christ, light for all humanity. That Christ may reveal himself to all humanity with the light that shines forth from Bethlehem and is reflected in the face of his Church. Read more

Today is Worldwide AIDS Day

Last updated on: October 5, 2018 at 9:12 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Today is World Aids Day. HIV is a killer virus, which leads to a killer disease. It has taken the lives of millions of people around the globe, decimating whole communities in the Africa. Present-day medications have made being HIV positive or having AIDS a treatable condition. Rather than the sure killer that it was a generation ago, HIV has become for many people who have the virus a chronic condition. That is not to make light of the virus... Read more

Giving Up the Fight: Should Republicans Drop Pro Life; Should Evangelicals Give Up on Traditional Marriage; Should Everybody But the Catholic Church Run Away?

Last updated on: October 5, 2018 at 9:13 am By Rebecca Hamilton

There has been a spate of articles and interviews, including one with no less a personage than former Presidential Candidate John McCain, expressing the hand-wringing dismay of defeat that many right-wing politicos and even some socially conservative Christians seem to feel because they got slam-dunked in the November 7 election. I’ve ignored most of this, for three reasons. 1. It’s natural to go a little nuts after you get beat in an election. It’s a humiliating experience all around and... Read more

Passing Holocaust Tattoos from One Generation to the Next

Last updated on: October 5, 2018 at 9:14 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Israeli grandchildren of Holocaust survivors are beginning to have their own arms tattooed with the same number that their grandparents had put on them in the concentration camps. This is an interesting way to memorialize what happened to their grandparents. I would guess that it also eases whatever remaining shame these Holocaust survivors may feel. It seems especially poignant to me since we live in a time when whole sections of our population are being marginalized and reduced to non-human... Read more

Christian Persecution: Lawsuit Filed to Allow Christian Students Equality in Use of California School Facilities

Last updated on: October 5, 2018 at 9:14 am By Rebecca Hamilton

This article from Charisma News describes a lawsuit filed by the American Center for Law and Justice to gain equal rights for Christian students in California to free assembly and free speech. The text of the lawsuit may be found here. The article, by Nicole Lange. reads in part: The fate of after-school Bible clubs in California may rest on the outcome of a lawsuit filed Monday in United States District Court. The suit filed by the American Center for... Read more

Christian Persecution: Chinese House Church Christian Sentenced to “Re-Education Through Labor”

Last updated on: February 8, 2017 at 11:57 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

One way the Communist government in China attempts to control Christianity is by confining it to government-approved churches. The government then picks the bishops, priests and preachers who work in these churches. That places these “official” churches and their message under government control. One way Christians in China try to get around this is to worship in “house churches” which are basically underground churches where people can worship the true Jesus found in the Gospels. The government attempts to suppress... Read more

Christian Persecution: Deadly Car Bombs Terrorize Christians in Damascus

Last updated on: February 8, 2017 at 11:57 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Damascus, Syria, Nov 30, 2012 / 02:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Two deadly car bombs that exploded in a Damascus suburb Nov. 28 killed at least 34 people and are “terrorizing” the Christian population, a local priest says. Father Romualdo Fernandez, rector of the Damascene Shrine of the Conversion of St. Paul, told Fides news agency that the “massacre” has “spread terrible panic” and some schools report that half the teachers were absent the day after the attack. “(W)hoever are the... Read more