A Final Word (from me at least) on Belhar
Some of my friends in at least three Reformed/Presbyterian denominations are upset with me because of previous my blog postings on the Belhar Confession. In a couple of cases, local ecclesiastical bodies are voting right around now whether to validate national decisions to add Belhar to their books of confessional documents. I have said in […]
“No Problem?”
A while back William Safire, in his “On Language” column in the New York Times magazine, commented on the shift from “You’re...
Cofee Helps Manage Blood Sugar Level
Researchers from the Kao Corporation report that low polyphenols as well as chlorogenic acids, as well as feruloylquinic acids and dicaffeoylquinic acid, conjointly accumulated...
Money Talks
This piece originally appeared at purposedriven.com
At a recent gathering of theological educators, I heard a series of three talks on...
On Being “Creepy”
In a recent column published in the magazine The New Republic, Leon Wieseltier criticized President Obama for the kind of language the president uses...
Being “Nice” to Catholics
Back in 1994 I joined a number of other evangelicals in endorsing a document called “Evangelicals and Catholics Together.” It was a...
Animal Rights
There is a campaign underway in Vienna, Austria to declare Hiasl, a 26-year-old male chimpanzee, a “person,” with various accompanying legal rights....
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth #1: Brain – mind distinction, Generalized principles
The classic Buckminster Fuller book 'Spaceship Handbook' was originally published in 1968, but insights and wisdom are far more important and critical than they...
The “Not Proven” Option
One of the most helpful commentaries on the Casey Anthony verdict was by Marcia Clark, in a posting at The Daily Beast....
“Knowing Mormons”
A friend told me about the time a time when, back in the 1960s, he was asked, as a recent college graduate bound for...
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