Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Talents and times of turmoil
Posted by: dana on: March 17, 2009
- In: faith | free will | News | Religion
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Times are tough right now, and with layoffs and salary cuts abounding, it’s easy to let fear consume us. But it doesn’t have to be. Of course it’s scary not being sure if you can provide for your family. And I’m not going to give a “trust in God and everything will be OK” pep talk. [...]
“Common sense has prevailed”
Posted by: dana on: December 3, 2007
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A British teacher — arrested in Sudan for insulting religion after her students named a teddy bear “Mohammed” as part of a class project — has been freed and pardoned despite some pressure to have her complete her 15 day jail term or even be executed. Sudan pardons Briton in teddy row As British Prime [...]
Mohammed the bear
Posted by: dana on: November 28, 2007
- In: Jesus | News | Religion | World religions
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Just wanted to take a moment to say how thankful I am to a) live in country where religion does not control the government (religious individuals, certainly) and government does not control religion (knock on wood). Especially after reading this story on CNN.com. A class named a teddy bear Mohammed, and now a teacher faces [...]
Environmental care: cleaning up our disobedience
Posted by: dana on: October 15, 2007
- In: faith | free will | Jesus | News | Politics | Religion | Sanctity of human life
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Today is Blog Action Day. OK, I’ll bite. As are most of the topics I’ve written about thus far, Global Warming is a divisive one among Christians. We get muddled in the fallacy of correlating “right wing” with “God-fearing and obedient” and “left-wing” with “atheist and immoral.” So when the lefties attach themselves to a cause, [...]
The people I will never meet because of 9/11
Posted by: dana on: September 11, 2007
I wrote this column in 2004 (hence the Kerry/Bush references), but I wanted to share it with all of you on this forum. Let me know your thoughts and please share your own stories. Sept. 11 about humanity, not political agendas I never met David Suarez, but I miss him. He had aspirations of going [...]
My Good Deed
Posted by: dana on: September 6, 2007
Check out this site: My Good Deed It’s a site designed to create a community of givers: people who donate blood, time, work, money, services, etc. to good causes. It can connect you with other people passionate about grand causes or give you ideas for little things you can do and witness how that little thing can add [...]
