Movies |
The recent release of the entire
Star Wars
saga on Blu-Ray reminded me how differently I see that story now.
I was 10 years old when the original
Star Wars
came…
Religion |
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to bar prayer from New York's
upcoming 9/11 commemoration is to be expected from someone in the
habit of making decisions…
Immigration |
I always thought people who claim to be conservative but who have
little understanding of nor genuine commitment to what that
actually means-which is to say a…
Religion |
Suppose you were to take a church and begin tinkering. Make
communion a symbolic, infrequent, irreverent sideshow. Stop
teaching congregants the meaning of…
Religion |
My first thought, upon seeing the horrific comments Fox News
viewers claiming to be Christians posted on news channel's Facebook
page in the wake of an…
Religion |
They happen all the time, these small displacements of Christianity
from the public square, like the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal's
recent slapdown of…
Religion |
There's some hot debate right now about whether Norwegian
mass-murderer Anders Breivik is representative of Christianity, and
of Christians. University of…
Media |
"Bald greed has no place in Bible publishing." This statement is
from Will Braun, writing about Rupert Murdoch's recent ensnarement
in a British media phone…
Religion |
I get nervous when preachers start to sound like politicians. You
know how politicians like to talk in a way that suggests they stand
for goodness, sweetness,
Religion |
There's some discussion about the right length of time for a church
worship service, with everyone from Anglican bishops to Protestant
innovators calling for…
Economy |
July Fourth, in addition to being a day we don't go to work in
favor of grilling meat and mowing the lawn and lighting fireworks,
is the 235th anniversary of…
Religion |
Evangelicals, according to survey research conducted by the Pew
Research Center's Forum on Religion and Public Life, view
secularism as a greater threat to…
