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Monthly Archives: August 2015
A rose by any other name
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Those are of course Juliet’s lines in Act II of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. If only Romeo’s last name were something other … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Faith, In the News, Spiritual life, Theology
Tagged Capulet, Confucious, Dalit, Fox News, Genesis 32, George Macdonald, Hinud law, Language analysis, Montague, MSNBC, pro-abortion, pro-choice, pro-life, Roe v. Wade, Romeo and Juliet, Untouchable
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A rich and lasting heritage
I was a little anxious. I was guest speaker at our church’s youth group, sitting before a crowd of teenagers who had been encouraged to ask any question they wanted. They asked really good questions: Why does God allow suffering? … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Lifestyle, Marriage and Family, Spiritual life
Tagged assets, basketball, heritage, inheritance, isolation, liabilities, youth group
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The most difficult field of study
The biblical book of Psalms contains 150 poems or praises (151 in the Orthodox Church) and has often been referred to as the songbook of the Church. Indeed, in some times and places, the psalms were the only songs in … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Spiritual life
Tagged acuity, Allan Sandage, Bach, discernment, King David, Paul Davies, Psalm 19, Psalms, Shakespeare, Woodrow Wilson, Yeats
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Be careful not to stare into the wrong eyes
I was in the Istanbul airport this summer, standing at Passport Control, while a uniformed officer went through my papers. He was scowling. He looked at my passport picture, then at me, then back at my papers. I couldn’t tell … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church, Faith, Lifestyle, Marriage and Family, Spiritual life
Tagged 1 John 3:1, identity verification, Istanbul, Lawrence M. Berger, passport control, same-sex partners, self-image, Sharon H. Bzostek, social parents, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences
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It’s up to us to change the political climate
It feels like we’re standing on the shoreline, watching a storm building in the west. Another general election is on the horizon, the rhetoric is heating up, and accusations are beginning to fall like thunderbolts on the talk shows and … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, In the News, Lifestyle
Tagged Adlai Stevenson, climate, Matthew 5:22, political culture, politics, Raca, Shanto Iyengar, Stanford University
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