"So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid." Read more
"So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid." Read more
Ecclesiastes 7:1-2: "A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death, than the day of birth. ... for this is the end of everyone, and the living will lay it to heart." Read more
"For even when we were with you we gave you this command: Anyone unwilling to work should not eat." This passage entails a clear responsibility to work. With that responsibility comes the corresponding right to work. Read more
This is President Obama's fifth Easter statement. It's a routine pronouncement of the sort that presidents make on various religious holidays. But during the Obama administration there's been a pattern of religious right groups pretending that this president never makes such statements -- or that he only makes them in recognition of non-Christian holidays. These religious-right groups, in other words, lie. Read more
(originally posted in 2010) Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we are saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore, we are saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love. – Reinhold Niebuhr This is my favorite day in Holy Week, this Saturday, this unrestful Sabbath, my favorite day in the whole of the liturgical calendar.... Read more
Conveniently, there’s a simple three-step test to find out if inflation worries are founded or unfounded. Step 1: March into your boss’ office. Don’t bother making an appointment, just open the door, walk in and tell him to listen up because you’re in charge here. ... Read more
This is a pattern in these books. We're told that Buck Williams is a master journalist, but since the authors couldn't be bothered to learn what good journalism looks like, we're shown that Buck is a clumsy hack ("like saying the Great Wall of China is long"). We're told that Nicolae is a great orator, but since the authors couldn't be bothered to learn what constitutes good oratory, we're shown that Nicolae is a droning bore ("Afghanistan, Albania ..."). Read more
It's the Friday music game -- I'll show you mine and you show me yours. This week it's more songs with names in the title, including Frank, Gabi, Gavin, Georgia, Gwyneth, Hank, Hannah, Happy, Harry, Helena, Hercules and Irene. Read more
The proprietor noted that Brooks' parents still come in once in a while, just as they did at the store's old Ardmore location before it moved to Wayne. "Nice people," he noted. "Teachers." It seems odd that David Brooks would cite a store his parents have shopped in for decades as evidence of a new trend. Read more
The one thing white evangelicals had been sure of was that they were morally superior. Losing any given battle in the culture war was tolerable because they could, at least, reassure themselves that they had been fighting for goodness and truth and righteousness. But when it comes to discrimination against LGBT people, not only are they losing, but their defeat is celebrated as a triumph for goodness and truth and righteousness. They're slowly beginning to realize that they are not the Good Guys in this story. Read more
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