Monthly Archives: August 2010

why?

Posted on August 28, 2010 by

Here’s an entry for Our Daily Journey that I worked up today.  It made me stop and think, so I share it with you in the hopes that you might profit and give me ways to improve it.  read > Ecclesiastes … Continue reading →

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not going anywhere for awhile? the ultimate snickers ad

Posted on August 25, 2010 by

You’ve probably seen the news about the 60 mile traffic jam outside Beijing that will take weeks to unclog.  Beijing was overcrowded in the early nineties when I lived there, and I can’t imagine ten million people with cars.  On … Continue reading →

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context

Posted on August 23, 2010 by

The cover of this week’s Time magazine is timely:  “Is America Islamophobic?:  What the anti-mosque uproar tells us about how the U.S. regards Muslims.” On p. 24, the cover story explains why some Americans wrongly believe that Islam supports violence:  “Since most … Continue reading →

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muslims in america

Posted on August 16, 2010 by

Here is an exceptionally insightful column on the Ground Zero/Muslim mosque/cultural center controversy in today’s New York Times.  The last two paragraphs are worth reading very slowly. Update:  I am hearing different voices about the mosque in Manhattan–the builder is … Continue reading →

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stamp thine own image, deep on my back

Posted on August 16, 2010 by

Last week at church I was asked how to spell “Jesus is my Savior” in Greek for a young person who wanted an exceedingly cool, Christian tattoo.  The Greek letters wouldn’t translate from MS Word to this blog, so if … Continue reading →

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everything you knew about marriage is wrong

Posted on August 6, 2010 by

Al Mohler has posted an article on the Proposition 8 ruling that will make you want to move to Canada, except that they are even further down the road on this issue than we are.  A couple of quotes from the … Continue reading →

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can three lesbians marry?

Posted on August 4, 2010 by

A California judge tonight “refudiated” proposition 8 in California.  There will be much commentary in the news tomorrow, but three initial items struck me as significant. 1.  The judge said that “Proposition 8 harms the state’s interest in equality, because it … Continue reading →

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our modern sin

Posted on August 3, 2010 by

Koinonia asked me to comment on Anne Rice’s renouncement of her church, and I thought I might post it here in the hopes that my friends might catch any glaring problems before it goes up there! Anne Rice has left the … Continue reading →

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