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Month: March 2009

  • New Car

    An auto collision last Saturday destroyed my little Jetta. It did what it was supposed to do: saved me from serious injury in a very serious collision. I thank God for that little Volkswagen. Last Saturday I was on my way home from doing some volunteer work at church. I was headed north on US…

  • Uncompromised Faith

    I’ve been reading S. Michael Craven’s newsletters for a long time now. He takes on thorny and contentious issues in Christianity and writes about them with thoughtful clarity and compassion. His first book, Uncompromised Faith: Overcoming Our Culturalized Christianity, shows the same intelligence and passion I have come to expect from his other writings. Despite…

  • Christians On Sudan

    The New York Times today published two editorials, both by notable Christian leaders and both concerned with the imminent arrest of Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir. The first, by Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, criticizes African leaders for their unwillingness to denounce Bashir. Instead, they have petitioned the United Nations Security…