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Chin up, America. We only have one more full year of this nonsense to go. Continue reading
1.7 million viewers watched the premiere broadcast of HBO’s Scientology documentary, Going Clear. It was the most-watched documentary premiere in nearly a decade. And that’s a great thing for the opponents to the “religion” who would like nothing more than an end to the Church of Scientology.
What happens now? Continue reading
Hobby Lobby is a huge, rich corporation “person” that wants to control more than the place you buy your craft supplies and birth control. They seem to have their fingers in lots of different evangelical pies. It is actually pretty confusing to try and follow everything they are into; but it is certain that they want to implement a hardline evangelical agenda on many fronts and these include a mammoth collection of ancient biblical manuscripts, a National Bible Museum, public school textbooks, and a whole lot more. Continue reading
This is the final post of the series that examines topics from the perspective of the characters in the upcoming novel, The Paths of Marriage which will be for sale starting 1 October 2014.
“We all Spoke English, just not the Same Language” is written from the point of view of the character, Anand Suresh. Continue reading
Whether he’s filling his party bus with kosher yogurt (kosher yog) or naming his unborn child in honor of the little-known rabbi Menachem Menandel Schmerson (I hear he was based out of Philadelphia), New Girl‘s Schmidt is constantly coming up with Jewish one-liners funny enough to make you laugh until you’re verklempt. As Schmidt would say, “I’m like a sexual snowflake. Each night with me is like a unique experience.” In honor of Chanukah, here’s a list of Schmidt’s 8 Greatest Jewish Quotes, one to make each night of Chanukah a unique experience.
Late this Spring, my parents were in a car accident. It was early evening. It was raining, and the car hydroplaned. It went over a guard rail, flipped over, and came to a stop on the side of a hill. My mom suffered some severe but not life-threatening injuries. She was beside my father as the first responders tried, but ultimately failed, to revive him on scene.
They were out of province, on their way home from their 33rd wedding anniversary vacation. Continue reading
This morning, I saw the following Facebook post from a relative whose worldview I admire:
“This day commemorates the day that everything changed in the world…the concept of putting others ahead of ourselves was born today, hope was born today.”
He was commenting on an article he’d read with which he said he wholeheartedly agrees. Continue reading
On the left, the famous/infamous red leather shoes of Pope Benedict XVI, soon to be ex-Pope. Who will fill them in his absence?
His resignation today, apparently for reasons of poor health, stunned the Catholic world – it is the first time since 1415 that a reigning pope has resigned. It is reported that he will continue to live in Vatican City – how will the new pope handle this?
So many questions and, so far, so few answers. Not exactly a new circumstance for the Catholic church.
What do Catholics want in a new pope? A true personna christi, a good embodiment of Christ’s teachings, as seems to be the concern of many responders to this 2012 Our Sunday Visitor article? Continue reading