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Category Archives: Faith
The Heart’s Creed Is What Really Matters
The two best-known creeds of the Western Church are the Nicene Creed and the Apostles’ Creed. The Nicene Creed dates from 325 and represents the Church’s unified response to an ongoing controversy about the divine nature of Christ. The Apostles’ … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Theology
Tagged Apostle's Creed, formal vs. informal beliefs
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Is There a Christian Way to Think About Kavanaugh?
The country is like a volcano that is ready to erupt. Smoke is billowing. If the eruption comes, it won’t matter if one is a man or a woman, a Democrat or a Republican, a Conservative or a Progressive, everyone … Continue reading
How to Talk with a Child about Death
Every time a celebrity dies unexpectedly, the news and entertainment industry nearly overwhelms us with coverage. If the celebrity dies by his or her own hand, the news-storm stalls out and rains reports and rumors on us for weeks. Among … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Marriage and Family
Tagged children and grief, talking to children about death
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Are You a Person of Peace?
What criteria are used in selecting people for leadership positions in our workplaces, government offices, and churches? Leaders must be smart people who operate from a wide-ranging knowledge base and who reason well. They must also be tough people who … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Faith, Peace with God, Spiritual life
Tagged "one tough nerd", inner peace, mindfulness, pacifism, Peace with God, Supreme Court
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Why a Dose of Awe May Be All the Medicine You Need
There is a not-so-new but surprisingly effective aid for treating many social, personal, and spiritual problems: awe. If you’re stressed out, worried about money, or breathlessly short of time, you need to get your mind blown. Recent science suggests that … Continue reading
Course Correction Required
When Apollo 11 was on its way to the moon, it was sometimes necessary to fire the engines of either the Lunar Module or the Service Module to alter direction. These “burns” included, on both the outbound and inbound journeys, … Continue reading
Everyone Loves a Winner
Everyone loves a winner. Or hates a winner. It depends how he or she won. Ashley Thomas, a researcher in cognitive development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, has found that even very young children have a predilection … Continue reading
Mea Culpa
A reader from Ohio called the office this week, wanting to talk about the Saturday, July 28th column in the Canton Repository, which was also posted to this blog. She had to hunt down my phone number, so it is … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Faith, Uncategorized
Tagged Canton Repository, El Shaddai, retraction
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Can Hope Be Found in Present-Day America?
I was once on a college campus for a conference that featured a prominent biologist as a keynote speaker. During his talk, he defended Darwinian evolutionary theory from attacks by other academics. Whether his defense was successful or not was … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Faith
Tagged anger, Darwin, evolutionary theory, fall of communism, fear, hoe, Marx, mid-term elections, national discourse, President Obama
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Needed: People to Live (not just Speak) the Truth
According to recent data, the percentage of atheists among thirteen to eighteen-year-olds is approximately double that of any other age group in the U.S. Experts suggest that this age group, known as Generation Z, might be the first to leave … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Faith, In the News
Tagged aging well, Dallas Willard, Generation Z, living large, mentoring, rise in atheism
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