A new study from Baylor University reveals that church congregations need to do more to help families struggling with mental illness: Mental illness of a family member can destroy the family’s connection with the religious community, a new study by Baylor University psychologists has found, . . . . Continue Reading »
An artist’s statement is a brief statement of an artist’s intention through their work, a text composed by an artist and intended to explain, justify, and contextualize his or her body of work. While such brief documents can be helpful, they would be even more useful if they all came . . . . Continue Reading »
We took the best horseback ride on Tuesday! Icelandic horses are smaller than their American cousins, but boy are they game! And they have a slow trot unlike any other horse, in which both legs on both sides move at the same time. We walked/trotted out a couple of miles, and then, after . . . . Continue Reading »
A new Pew Forum survey explores the views of evangelical leaders around the globe : In a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, most evangelical Protestant leaders who live in the Global South (58%) say that evangelical Christians are gaining influence on life . . . . Continue Reading »
I posted about half of the wisdom developed here on BIG THINK . Saving the rest . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
Back in March, a group of North American Catholic moral theologians started an intriguing new blog called Catholic Moral Theology . Since its inception I’ve read nearly every post and have found the contributors to be consistently thought-provoking and always worth reading. My opinion . . . . Continue Reading »
The wholesale slaughter of unborn girls that has ravaged countries like China, India, and Korea is perhaps the most characteristically modern tragedy, perfectly fitted to a fleshless Internet age. There are no stacks of bodies, no horrified crowds of onlookers, no fiery speeches. Just bureaucracy, . . . . Continue Reading »
How Divorce Lost Its Groove , The New York Times (Pamela Paul) Social Contracts, Human Flourishing, and the Economy , Public Discourse (Samuel Gregg) Church of England To Approve First Openly Gay Bishop , The Telegraph (Jonathan Wynne-Jones) Some Methodist Clergy Defy Gay Marriage Ban , USA Today . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl’s music posts have been great. I simply want to add this— So I have always been shallow. Perhaps I have been looking for love in a trifle. It is one of the reasons why I have always liked the band NRBQ. I love a trifle in a band like NRBQ. A friend of mine says that NRBQ sound like . . . . Continue Reading »
[Note: Since my “On the Square” column today is about Peter Singer, and since few people are aware of how radical and influential Singer is in the field of ethics, I thought it would be worthwhile to dust off this post from last summer to shed some light what he believes.] To give a . . . . Continue Reading »
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