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Longing for Something More
On this Memorial Day, we think of the price paid for our freedom. I am so thankful for those serving right now in Iraq and Afghanistan. As Colin Powell said this weekend, “They are our next ‘greatest generation.’” Chuck Colson offers a great column on Memorial Day and the longing we feel in our hearts for what we can’t really…
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Do You Have MTD?
It is my goal to so bore any reader up front that my final conclusion gets missed. Since there aren’t that many people floating by, I’m taking a chance. Yet, I need to point out some things stirring in my heart. MTD is Moralistic Therapeutic Deism. It’s reflected on in a column on the Christianity Today website. It’s the “disease”…
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Different thoughts from the week, the month… the year. I will admit this is yet another vain attempt to see if I get ANY kind of response from people! These are different things I have read over the last week and have been stirring in my mind. This column from David Horowitz explains as well as anything I’ve read why…
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Different thoughts from the week, the month… the year. I will admit this is yet another vain attempt to see if I get ANY kind of response from people! These are different things I have read over the last week and have been stirring in my mind. This column from David Horowitz explains as well as anything I’ve read why…
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Loss of social networks? David Brooks wrote an interesting column in the NY Times this week. He made observations about the shift in the middle class because of the recession. These are his last paragraphs: “They will suffer lifestyle reversals. Over the past decade, millions of Americans have had unprecedented access to affordable luxuries, thanks to brands like Coach, Whole…
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Loss of social networks? David Brooks wrote an interesting column in the NY Times this week. He made observations about the shift in the middle class because of the recession. These are his last paragraphs: “They will suffer lifestyle reversals. Over the past decade, millions of Americans have had unprecedented access to affordable luxuries, thanks to brands like Coach, Whole…
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An Amazing Night Last night Terri and I attended a talk at the Guthrie Theater which featured Douglas Gresham. He is the stepson of C S Lewis and the one who now manages the entire Lewis Estate. He is the executive producer of the Narnia films that are coming out. (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, along with Prince…
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An Amazing Night Last night Terri and I attended a talk at the Guthrie Theater which featured Douglas Gresham. He is the stepson of C S Lewis and the one who now manages the entire Lewis Estate. He is the executive producer of the Narnia films that are coming out. (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, along with Prince…
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The internet, like any other vehicle, cuts both ways. One of the dangers I always see is how using the internet continually highlights how our society has become less and less discerning. We have lost all sense of decorum in our culture, and the internet only keeps on proving it. I have problems with the social websites like facebook and…
Category: Culture
