Spiritual women

Readers who aren’t on George Barna’s email list might be interested to know of a recent series of surveys his organization has done on the views and feelings of Christian women. For the purposes of the telephone survey, which included 603 randomly chosen...

Windy weather

Hurricane Isaac is bearing down on the Gulf coast, resurrecting fearful memories of Katrina just as the seventh anniversary of that deadly tempest approaches. Ramifications are many: Isaac has already wreaked havoc with scheduling for the Republican National...

Repurposing

I’m in Georgia this weekend to officiate a wedding for my lovely niece Kristen, and her intended, Jake. The happy occasion is taking place in the countryside east of Athens at Tucker Plantation, in what used to be a horse barn. It smells much better now....

Too many smart women

Suppose you’re among the people running a male-dominated country where many men like to think that women exist primarily to serve them and otherwise should stay out of sight. Suppose, however, that women in that country show a lot more spunk and desire for...

Ridiculosity, tripled

A quick reflection on three news stories that jumped off the page this weekend, each one vying for the title of how amazingly twisted human ideas and systems can become. 1. Financial columnist Al Lewis highlighted a study from the Institute for Policy Studies, a...