Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
George Barna lets us know that Boomers' enthusiasm for church is waning in their old age: Meanwhile, as Boomers have aged, they have been slowly distancing themselves from both conventional religious behaviors and beliefs – the typical expectation-breaking pattern we have come to expect from Boomers. (Just as they are reluctant to accept 65 as …
Continue reading "Boomer Christianity: A Victim of Its Own Leadership"
When we think of "contemporary" Christian music, most of us restrict ourselves to the US, or throw in the UK for good measure. But the revolution in Christian music in the 1960's and 1970's went far beyond the Anglophone world, and this album--from France--may be the best example of that. It's conventional wisdom to characterise …
Sounds like he'd like to: "The idea of doing things on my own is very tempting. I promise you, not just on immigration reform. But that's not how our system works. That's not how our democracy functions. That's not how our Constitution is written," Obama said at the National Council of La Raza's annual conference. …
Continue reading "Barack Obama: Will the Caudillo Rise to the Occasion?"
This question has been on my mind for some time now. Much of what I read comes from the Anglican world, so the response is in some measure to much of that, but I see the same kind of thing in Evangelical circles also. The difference between the two is that the Anglicans usually have …
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What credit can you claim when, after doing wrong, you take your punishment for it patiently? But, on the other hand, if, after doing right, you take your sufferings patiently, that does win the approval of God. For it was to this that you were called! For Christ, too, suffered--on your behalf--and left you an …
While out and about on holiday earlier this week, I purchased at an antique store a copy of a family Catholic Bible from the early 1950's. In addition to translations that have fallen out of favour (even in the RCC) it contains several fascinating aspects that you don't see any more. First, it gives an …
This past weekend I attended the Leadership Summit for the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The Geo-Institute is one of eight institutes within the Society which deals with specialties within civil engineering, in this case soils and foundations. Part of that meeting was an induction of some of the attendees into the …
Continue reading "Order of the Engineer: We Still Need Divine Guidance"
This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: The LORD God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the world. And he has ordered me to build a temple for him in Jerusalem (which is in Judah). May God be with all of you who are his people. You may go to Jerusalem …
So, when a light wind sprang up from the south, thinking that they had found their opportunity, they weighed anchor and kept along the coast of Crete, close in shore. But shortly afterwards a hurricane came down on us off the land--a north-easter, as it is called. The ship was caught by it and was …
The current theatre riveting Washington these days is the debt ceiling "negotiation" between Barack Obama and the opposite of progress (otherwise known as Congress). But, as Felix Salmon (and others) point out, it may all be for nothing: Realistically, then, the government is likely to breach the current debt ceiling no matter what Congress agrees. …
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