by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 3, 2003 | News
Children aren’t the only ones asking if they’ll see their pets in heaven. Theologians wonder too. With 62 percent of U.S. households having pets, according to the recent National Pet Owners Survey, the link between animals and spirituality may be more...
by Cliff Vaughn | Sep 29, 2003 | Opinion
Much has been said about the music industry’s war on piracy. With CD sales in a slump, industry leaders have resorted to suing kids, or their parents, over the illegal file sharing presumed to be at the root of the trouble. The music industry isn’t alone...
by Cliff Vaughn | Sep 26, 2003 | Opinion
The Bible, Greg Wright points out, is much shorter than J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion combined. Yet, for some people—even Christians—the Bible has taken a backseat to Tolkien’s work as the vessel of Truth....
by Cliff Vaughn | Sep 25, 2003 | Opinion
The end of the year is nearing—and so is the release of the final, filmed installment of J.R.R. Tolkien’s mammoth The Lord of the Rings. “The Fellowship of the Ring” was released in December 2001, “The Two Towers” hit theaters in December...
by Cliff Vaughn | Sep 19, 2003 | Opinion
“Secondhand Lions,” which opens nationwide today, is first-rate entertainment. So grab a seat and settle in; a genuine story awaits. The movie—starring Robert Duvall, Michael Caine and Haley Joel Osment—really defies categorization, and such films often...