As the inauguration of our first Black president approaches, let Psalms 146 stand as a reminder for us to place our trust in the One who can truly bring change.
1 Praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD, O my soul.
2 I will praise the LORD all my life;
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“He’s a devout Christian, but it isn’t like he forces it on anybody,” Fitzgerald said.
McCown believes Warner has changed since St. Louis. “He’s learning to share his faith without having to talk about it as much,” McCown said. “Instead, he leads by example.”
Warner said he leads by carrying his Bible with him to every news [...]

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“I have never been considered a part of the religious right, because I don’t believe politics is the most effective way to change the world,” he says now. “Although public service can be a noble profession, and I believe it is our responsibility to vote, I don’t have much faith in government solutions, given the [...]

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So I’ve had a couple tabs in Firefox related to this situation open for a while, and I figured I might as well blog about it now, before it becomes too irrelevant.
Here’s the super duper short story. A student at the Univ. of Central Florida received a communion host at mass, but did not [...]

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⇒ Holy Ghost (xkcd)

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Ironically, I have accepted Jesus into my life – along with Buddha, Gandhi, and other great teachers – as a metaphor for peace, love, compassion, and reverence for life. That’s not what our smiling preacher was talking about, though. It’s the Bible’s way, or the highway . . . to hell. But as I looked [...]

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He flip-flopped on abortion and same-sex marriage; he is now pro-life and opposes both same-sex marriage and civil unions. However, much of the white evangelical opposition to Mr. Romney is not based on principle. It is simply old-fashioned bigotry – a discomfort with Mr. Romney’s Mormon faith. White evangelicals need to be reminded that this [...]

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Yes, the underbelly of journalism involves chasing politicians out of seedy hotels in the dark of night, taping conversations and nosing through quasi-personal records, but it should most definitely not involve stealing personal appeals to higher powers.
Yep, while Obama was at the Western Wall, he left a prayer, as is the tradition. Someone [...]

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The trouble doesn’t lie with Christianity but with power. The two have always been at odds. Political power is a synonym for “physical force,” for bending people to government’s will regardless of their inclinations, interests, or welfare. But Christianity is love – power’s antidote. Anyone who sincerely follows Jesus Christ will never try to compel [...]

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Many years ago my sister visited a friend and took her little Kate with her. During the visit, Kate was on the friend’s lap, and said to my sister’s friend: “You’re the ugliest woman I’ve ever seen.” The friend responded gently: “Yes, Kate, but isn’t it nice that Jesus loves even ugly people?”
When sermons walk [...]

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Vestigial eyes, for example, are clear evidence that these cave salamanders must have had ancestors who were different from them—had eyes, in this case. That is evolution. Why on earth would God create a salamander with vestiges of eyes? If he wanted to create blind salamanders, why not just create blind salamanders? Why give them [...]

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The majority of people I know in higher education would argue that there is nothing wrong with religion for people who feel they need it. Their sentiments come down to something like this: “You have your religious convictions, I have mine. Let’s acknowledge our differences and agree to disagree with one another within the confines [...]

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I think this is really cool.  The guy entered in a bunch of stuff into a dataset and then visualized it into a couple different ways.  Above is the bible, chronologically, with the size of each name representing hwo many times it was mentioned in each area.  You can see the nice progression from Genesis [...]

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