“On October 3, 1863 Abraham Lincoln issued a “Thanksgiving Proclamation” that made the last Thursday in November a national holiday. (Before that, the president had to make an annual proclamation naming the day when Thanksgiving was going to be held.) President Franklin D. Roosevelt changed Thanksgiving to the Thursday before last (the reason was to
Homelessness Illegal
I was listening to NPR today, and a woman made the statement that, “Being homeless is illegal in the U.S.” and beyond that it is a crime to be poor in this country. I would agree, that is virtually is. Apparently, she had eventually been arrested for failing to pay tickets resulting from her sleeping
My Theology
Letter to those who believe in the God of the Bible, but who are not living accordingly (This is an excerpt from a longer letter I wrote to a friend. Please keep in mind that because of this, the beginning and ending may seem a bit abrupt.) It would be easier, at least perhaps in
Quotes from “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
(St. Clare talking about northerner’s feelings towards blacks) “You would think no harm in caressing a large dog, even if he was black, but a creature that can think, and reason, and feel, and is immortal, you shudder at; confess it cousin. I know the feeling among some of you northerns well enough. Not that
Government Preparedness and Response
“This is now the focus of this administration.” declared the president today during a press conference on hurricane Katrina and natural disasters in general. “We will root out all of these evils—hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, avalanches, tornadoes—we must not allow them to cause devastation unhindered. We will fight this war on natural disaster, and we
Link
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/05/breaking2453432.91875.html Food for thought. “True atheists in Europe have become an infinitesimally small group. There are not enough of them to be used for sociological research.” re-Christianization is by no means occurring. “What we are observing instead is a re-paganization.”
Alienating Our Youth
Chris Frappier, investigator with Vermont’s state public defender’s office… “So our kids, our children, who feel lost, disenfranchised—they join gangs! And why not? I mean, look at the communities in this state that wage war on kids. We kick them out of our parks, we ban them from skateboarding…What I’m seeing in recent years it
Relationships
It seems that recently both I and a large majority of my friends have been going through relational issues (in this case referring to romantic relationships). So soon I’m going to have to spark a discussion on this issue. First problem is that is seems to be somewhat of a touchy issue though, and one
Good News?
(This is an excerpt from a post made on another message board.) “If you had to sum up Jesus’ ‘Good News’ what would it be in a nutshell?” This is something I’ve definitely been trying to figure out. One of the main motivations is that I didn’t feel like I had any particularly good news
Christians’ Media Intake
I recently ran across an article and some comments (I think there had been more, I’m not sure where they went) regarding movies in light of our Christian faith. While I certainly imagine it to be somewhat controversial, I think it’s something that’s good to discuss: http://churchofthemasses.blogspot.com/2005/02/blog-post.html I now offer some of my thoughts. People