by John Rackley | Apr 6, 2007 | Opinion
Ronald Rolheiser tells this story. Once upon a time there was a town that was built just beyond the bend of a large river. One day some of the children from the town were playing beside the river when they noticed three bodies floating in it. They ran for help and the...
by James L. Evans | Apr 5, 2007 | Opinion
The first time I met Carl he was dying of cancer. At least, that’s what everyone told me. I went to the hospital expecting to find an emaciated, worn out, 73-year old man. That was not the case. Carl was propped up in his bed, holding court with an audience of...
by Rod Benson | Apr 5, 2007 | Opinion
The premier annual Christian feast is upon us again. I picked up a bright, shiny Christian leaflet the other day. The banner immediately caught my attention. “We are at a moral crossroad; it’s time to demonstrate the true meaning of Easter,” the...
by John McKinnon | Apr 4, 2007 | Opinion
We have reached the halfway point of the program to halve global poverty by 2015. Members of the United Nations, including Australia, agreed to this target at the Millennium Summit in 2000. The halftime score is not looking good. While some regions are on track to...
by Britt Towery | Apr 3, 2007 | Opinion
Friedrich Nietzsche’s statement God is dead (German: “Gott ist tot”), has had many interpretations and offshoots in the century since first suggested. From the theologian and academic evolved all sorts of theories from the demise of God, and things...
by Cliff Vaughn | Apr 3, 2007 | Opinion
New to DVD today is “Charlotte’s Web,” the Dakota Fanning-starrer from 2006 based on the best-selling book by E.B. White about the friendship between a pig and a spider. The live-action picture grossed more than $80 million at the domestic box...
