By all accounts the nation’s economy is booming, with a 3 percent GDP increase a real possibility this year. Were the occupant of the White House not the subject of continuing controversy, millions would be singing his praises. Aside from the popularity—or lack thereof—of our president, though, I fear a day of reckoning looms over…
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With less than three weeks to go before the much-ballyhooed mid-term elections, we will soon see whether the blue wave (at least in the House) predicted by RealClear Politics or the red tide chronicled in the Washington Times will come to pass. The mid-terms traditionally go against whoever holds the White House. I still remember…
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When I read the recent story about talk show maven Oprah Winfrey creating her own line of frozen pizzas made with a cauliflower-based crust, it signaled that this alternative to traditional pizza dough had arrived. I had seen occasional references to cauliflower crust pizzas in recent years, but chalked it up to the gluten-free-vegan-low-carb craze…
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After I had picked up a copy of the DVD, but before watching it, I read this plug for God’s Not Dead: A Light in the Darkness by Charisma publisher Stephen Strang. Having written for the magazine for more than two decades, and having met Strang on a couple occasions, his favorable comments whetted my…
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Confidentiality is a time-honored principle, whether applied to doctor-patient, clergy-penitent, attorney-client, husband and wife, or journalist and anonymous-source. The latter is particularly relevant to me, since I occasionally granted anonymity to sources over the years. I was never fond of doing that, and many publications refuse to use unnamed sources as a matter of policy.…
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It’s been more than a month since the remaining lead pastor and elders at Willow Creek Community Church resigned amid a months-long scandal over the founding pastor’s alleged abusive behavior. However, the repercussions will continue for years. In personal conversations of late, I have learned that many folks aren’t even aware of the suburban Chicago…
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It’s quite ironic that the news about former Cosby Show actor Geoffrey Owens supposedly disgracing himself by working at Trader Joe’s made national headlines on Labor Day. Someone chose the very day set aside to honor working people to make a big deal out of an actor supplementing his income by working as a clerk.…
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One of the hazards of the human condition is getting so wrapped up in your problems and struggles that you can reason no one else has ever had it this tough for so long. I confess to feeling that way throughout the first half of this year as I battled my way back from a…
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It is just one week to the Sept. 6 opening kickoff of the NFL season, although I’m not that excited about watching the Philadelphia Eagles play the Atlanta Falcons. Even if a trio of good friends are Eagles fans. Instead, I await the Cleveland Browns’ Sept. 9 opener, when I will discover whether the team’s…
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Although news about some groundbreaking religion research appeared in April, I only learned about it recently while editing a blog. The 45-year-old Longitudinal Study of Generations found that baby boomers are increasingly turning to religion in their later years. One in five of nearly 600 boomers surveyed reported increasing their religious or spiritual activities in…
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