God4Sale Now that the Internet has become a marketplace as much as a medium of communication, there's a gold rush in progress, as people try to cash in. Much of the selling is being done in the name and under the banner of Jesus Christ. Our Money Changer of the Week Award goes to ...
Running With The Wind Four years ago, at the age of 60, I began a regular discipline of long distance running, for health and well-being. Running is now a focal point of my spiritual practice. Not surprisingly, some of the world's spiritual masters have seen running as a metaphor for the journey of faith. I recommend it.
The Lord Is My Shepherd: The 23rd Psalm for Today In this time between war and peace, between birth and death, between the people we are and those we'd like to become, I can think of no better map for navigating the difficult passages of life than the 23rd Psalm. It marks a passage through time, not just for each of us personally, but for entire communities and nations.
Religious Leaders Applaud Intelligent Design Decision At a press conference in Washington, D. C., a group of religious leaders announced their support for a Dover, PA, court decision that mandated references to intelligent design in a public school science curriculum would be unconstitutional.
Christians Unite To Save the Planet Liberals and evangelicals, Protestants and Catholics ... Christians of all kinds are uniting in the realization that preserving and protecting the environment is a moral, ethical and relgious imperative.
Why People Lie About Their Religious Belief and Practice Sociologists have been aware for many years that people lie when asked about their sex life, finances, and sometime their politics. It is perhaps more surprising that the tendency to lie is even greater when it comes to religious affiliation, church attendance and faith. I wonder why?
Is There Any Pleasure in a Prayer? In the past people have often pondered the question, "Is there any power in a prayer?" Today there is a more pertinent question: "Is there any pleasure in a prayer?" I would submit that if God truly is the source of all things beautiful and good, then prayer is the supreme pleasure of life.
Pop Spirituality 101 "I'm spiritual but not religious." This contemporary mantra or new-age creed means different things to different people. I'm charting and tracking the ebb and flow of pop spirituality.
A Gift That Makes A Difference When pondering what you will give to a friend or loved one this holiday season, why not consider making a donation in his or her name to a respected relief or development agency. Here is a list of respected agencies that are engaged in helping to relieve hunger and poverty around the world. Many of them are at work addressing the causes of poverty, providing assistance that will help people help themselves.
Holiday Spending: How Much Is Enough? Americans spend hundreds of billions of dollars each year celebrating the winter holidays including Christmas. Even as the rush is on, let's take a minute or two to put this spending into perspective. And possibly even save you some money!
An Affair to Remember Florence holds out one of greatest opportunities for inspiration as well as education about the history and art of the Christian tradition. The Ufizzi Gallery is a case in point.
Galileo's Pals Ever wonder how it happens that a man condemned by the Catholic Inquisition ends up having a monument raised in his honor in one of Italy's most important cathedrals? In the story of Galileo's heresy trial, there are important lessons for today concerning the relationship between science and faith.
The So Called War on Christmas According to a new book being promoted widely in conservative circles, there is a vast, left-wing conspiracy to eliminate Christmas. That's right. Apparently, liberals, having tired of fighting for world peace or the elimination of poverty, have taken on an even bigger battle against the world's most popular holiday. It's called "The War on Christmas."
No Religion Too? On the anniversary of John Lennon's death, we note that people are drawn more than ever to his view that the world would be better off without organized religion. We take a closer look at both sides of this question.
A Wall That Should Not Fall When running for President in 2000, George Bush said the the problem with Washington was too much "bitterness and bickering." He offered a faith-based "compassionate conservatism" as the solution. Now, well into Bush's second term, we find the country more divided than ever. One reason for this, I believe, is that a faith based politics has intensified our differences. We now have ample, recent evidence that tearing down the wall of separation between church and state, between politics and organized religion in not the way to go.
Bible Atlas A complete atlas to the Bible featuring high quality maps covering all the place names one is likely to encounter in reading the text. This is an essential tool for anyone wanting to follow, and make sense of the scriptures of the Hewbrew Bible as well as the New Testament.
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