by Keith Smith | Apr 5, 2013 | Opinion
Those who are worried about the future of religion in America (that is, whether religion has any future) need to read Frank Newport’s new book, “God Is Alive and Well.” According to this editor-in-chief of the Gallup poll, there is no reason to be...
by Martin Accad | Apr 5, 2013 | Opinion
The mandate of the Institute of Middle East Studies is “to bring about positive transformation in thinking and practice between Christians and Muslims in the Middle East and beyond.” In continuation with last year, the organizing team of this year’s...
by Katie Harrison | Apr 4, 2013 | Opinion
The Beqaa Valley in Lebanon is beautiful. It’s flat, lush, green and very pretty. I was there in February and we drove along long, open country roads, passing vineyards and fields. It was a bit like being on holiday until we reached an area where we could see a...
by Joshua Hearne | Apr 4, 2013 | Opinion
It was just an ordinary hotel room the night before – two beds, a television, a couple of chairs, a forgettable print of some unknown artwork and a Gideon’s Bible in the bedside table – but something was different that night. That night, as the sun...
by Tanas Alqassis | Apr 4, 2013 | Opinion
“You are anti-Semitic,” the gentleman said when I told him that the reason for Christian emigration from Bethlehem was not only due to Islamic pressure but also to the occupation and the economic situation. In 1948, my grandparents lived in Jaffa. One...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 3, 2013 | Opinion
You may have to be of a certain age, or have grown up in a certain region of the country, to be familiar with “I’ll swan” as a pious euphemism for “I’ll swear,” used mainly as a colorful interjection. When I was a boy, I most often...
