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This prayer is online in a number of places. It was read in our church a couple of weeks ago by a professor of livestock management. (Yes, there

[Thanks to Barb C for this.] The leaders of the religious right are not dangerous because of their politics. Even the worst of the current political issues are temporary and

Here’s our hands-down all-time favorite Christmas poem, with our paraphrase following. Little Baby Thing They all were looking for a king to slay their foes and lift them high. Thou cam’st a little baby

Here are excerpts from a Christmas email sent out by ChristianAlliance.org. A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE … With people whipped into a frenzy by right wing pundits, it has become all the rage among

I know this guy personally and this is entirely legit. And I much agree with some of his sentiments! I have an occupation not familiar to most men So my outlook’s prob’ly dif’rent

X is the Greek letter for the beginning of the Greek word for “Christ.” So when you write X-mas you are abbreviating “Christ-mas.” That may not be

I. Hagel’s Problems With the ‘Patriot Act’ Nebraska’s Senator Chuck Hagel on Thursday had the courage and foresight to stand between us – the American people – and the excesses

You can read this in the news today. It appears that the shameful behavior detector the President uses is set wrong, or he is reading it backwards. WASHINGTON (Reuters) –

Rob C. does not think so. This is excerpted from his longer paper on the subject posted elsewhere. “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?” “Caesar’s.” “Render therefore to Caesar that which

Jim Wallis of Sojourners said this in an email Thursday: The real Christmas scandal is the budget proposed by the House of Representatives that • cuts food stamps, health care, child support, and

Grrr! The so-called Christian right’s belligerence in trying to force everybody to SAY “Christmas” (as in “Merry Christmas”- as against “Happy Holidays”) is so offensive and irrational that it almost

These remarks appeared in a comment on this site recently. I can agree with so much of what you say. But I wonder why you would put yourself in the position

Here are some good thoughts on prayer from a curriculum ad I got from the Baptist Center for Ethics. Many people seem to understand prayer as little more than a visit

[Here are some good insights from a fairly long paper put online elsewhere by Rob C (a long-time visitor and occasional poster on this site).] Rob is wrestiling with the complex

[This came via email, with this note attached: "I am still looking for the attribution for this. I didn't write it, wish I did. I'm just passing

It seems the NY Times is paying better attention than they were a couple of years ago. This is from an editorial about the President’s speech Wednesday in which