Churches “ The Place We Should Be Truly Honest

by | Jul 29, 2010 | Opinion

A successful Web/IT developer recently said in his thought-provoking blog that he knows a lot of people who want to pull the plug on Facebook and other social media because the technologies set up a shell of who they really are. Folks upload pictures of their vacation...

When Injustice Strikes, ‘Make Them Hear You’

by | Apr 16, 2010 | Opinion

Even if art doesn’t imitate life, it most assuredly gives us a better vocabulary for how to say something. I have always been envious of the poets and songwriters, as they can do in four minutes what it takes the preacher a half-hour – or the writer 800 words –...

How Easily We Justify Our Cruelty

by | Mar 3, 2010 | Opinion

It’s such a little thing, really. Over the last six months our house has been taken over by ants. I’m told by many these are “the joys of home ownership” – that this is simply what happens. We kill them and they move somewhere else. Spray,...

How Electronics Could Ease Congo Conflict

by | Feb 8, 2010 | Opinion

Numbers can be overwhelming by any standard. The death toll from the recent earthquake in Haiti has risen to 212,000 people. The U.S. government has announced an unprecedented budget of $3.8 trillion. A popular auto manufacturer has recalled 5.3 million vehicles for...