Media | It may or may not be the case that actor Johnny Depp participated
in a British pop band's song blaspheming Jesus Christ. Every news
organization from Reuters to ABC claims this is so, but they all
rely on a report by…
Religion |
Little do my socialist friends know, but "The Internationale," the
worldwide anthem to communism written (of course) in France and
popularized by the Soviet…
Religion |
I'm predisposed to agree with arguments against participating in
Black Friday. So I was prepared to nod my head to Aiden Enns's
essay in
The Washington Post
's…
Movies |
I recently had several men from where I work over to my place, for
chili, beer, and a movie. I warned them in advance about the
profanity. Not mine, the…
Family |
It's certainly an indication of my hypocrisy that my first reaction
upon seeing the recently released video of a Texas state judge
cursing and beating his…
Economy |
Imagine a group of economists assembling to advise clergy on how
best to conduct church affairs. Consider the subjective value of
your customers, they might…
Faith & Inspiration |
I've always been partial to efforts to prove God from the evidence.
I think this was mostly due to my intellectual orientation, my
Western-oriented notion…
Faith & Inspiration |
It's been one of those sucker-punch days, at the end of a week of
getting kicked in the pants. I jumped into a struggling
organization a year ago to try and…
Religion |
It's certainly an eye-popping finding, at first glance: Baylor
University researchers are tentatively reporting, according to
Christianity Today
, that frequent…
Economy |
Steve Jobs drifted in and out of college classes, sleeping on
floors and getting free meals at the local Hare Krishna temple.
(And here we must stop and ask,
Faith & Inspiration |
I recently had the chance to speak with a classroom full of young
people studying business. The topic I was asked to address was
humility. I warned them that…
Religion |
There is always fresh occasion for recalling Dorothy Sayers'
injunction that the opponents of Christianity ought to have some
inkling of what specifically…
