Category Archives: Christianity

Christmas Is Really Act 2

Posted on December 17, 2018 by salooper57

Can’t get enough of Christmas? You’ll love the prequels and sequels. It is the season for prequels and sequels. Mary Poppins is the big sequel this year. It’s the first year since 2012 that there hasn’t been a hobbit or … Continue reading →

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The Story We’re In Isn’t About Ease and Security

Posted on November 10, 2018 by salooper57

Until Christians understand why they’re here, they will not understand what they should be doing. Continue reading →

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The Heart’s Creed Is What Really Matters

Posted on October 13, 2018 by salooper57

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 →

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Is There a Christian Way to Think About Kavanaugh?

Posted on October 6, 2018 by salooper57

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 →

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Are You a Person of Peace?

Posted on September 22, 2018 by salooper57

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 →

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Why a Dose of Awe May Be All the Medicine You Need

Posted on September 15, 2018 by salooper57

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 →

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Everyone Loves a Winner

Posted on September 1, 2018 by salooper57

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 →

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Mea Culpa

Posted on August 5, 2018 by salooper57

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 →

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Can Hope Be Found in Present-Day America?

Posted on July 28, 2018 by salooper57

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 →

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Give Your Kids a Clear Alternative

Posted on July 14, 2018 by salooper57

Your teen daughter’s favorite show is “Pretty Little Liars.” Week by week she learns the singular lesson that her value depends on being beautiful, rich, and sexy. Her younger brother hardly watches TV anymore, and you are relieved: their fights … Continue reading →

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