I hope this is a case of better late than never. White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, condemned Iran for its treatment of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who has been convicted of apostasy from Islam and is threatened with imminent execution” “Pastor Nadarkhani has done nothing . . . . Continue Reading »
No, I do not take Zombies with my Jane Austen, so you know I’m talking about the musical group of the 60s! Well, they’ve reunified for some new songs and gigs, and the fab Dawn Eden reports on their recent DC-area concert over at the Weekly Standard. For those who didn’t see the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Supreme Court will soon hear “one of the most important religious cases in decades,” according to a pre-trial analysis in today’s Washington Post . The case, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School vs. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , arose from a Michigan . . . . Continue Reading »
This example of BIG THINKING is really about a picture of ME . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Russell E. Saltzman explains how to give a sermon to children: Liturgical purists hate them, children’s sermons. I have a friend in New York who positively sneers whenever I mention that, yes, I do children’s sermons. He doesn’t like red . . . . Continue Reading »
The campaign to create a new “international crime against peace” called “ecocide,” which would land offenders, such as oil and timber company CEOs, in the Hague, continues to advance. By making “ecocide” an international crime akin to genocide . . . . Continue Reading »
The brutal Iranian theocracy is still threatening to execute Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, apparently , after some buzz yesterday that the death sentence for apostasy from Islam might be overturned. The general silence of the West about this blatant human rights violation—the arrest and . . . . Continue Reading »
As reported most recently in the New York Times , a small number of advocates are putting some of the nation’s largest retailers, including Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, and Wal-Mart, on the spot for their indirect funneling of money to Christian non-profits that denounce homosexual practice and . . . . Continue Reading »
Fearing Change, Many Christians in Syria Back Assad New York Times Billy Graham’s Book Is a Fearless Look at Growing Old USA Today , Cathy Lynn Grossman Rights Collide as Town Clerk Sidesteps Role in Gay Marriages New York Times , Thomas Kaplan Patriotism and the ‘God gap’ CNN , . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers may want to put on their radar a volume (really an extended bibliography) that attempts to catalogue the complete written works of Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ. Titled The Legacy of Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J.: His Words and His Witness , the compendium has recently been released by Fordham . . . . Continue Reading »
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