Posted by: dana on: November 1, 2007
If I haven’t said it already, I believe the major reason this country cannot solve so many of its problems is because we focus on symptoms rather than diseases. As seen literally in the ways out health care system is fueled by drug companies peddling “cures” for our symptoms rather than focusing more heavily on preventative measures. [...]
Posted by: dana on: October 15, 2007
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, [...]
Posted by: dana on: August 17, 2007
…better bring my umbrella. Apparently my belief that church and state should be separated could send my way a swarm of prayers for my destruction, according to this article: Pastor Urges Prayers Against Americans United for Separation of Church and State It still boggles my mind that Christians like this exist, and Jaclyn likes to [...]
Posted by: dana on: July 9, 2007
So I’ve been wrestling with a lot of big issues in my studies lately, and I’m just not ready to tackle them in blog form yet. So to avoid neglecting this blog any more than I already have, I’ll write an entry about the painting at the top of the site. I carried this vision [...]
Posted by: dana on: June 14, 2007
I was thinking more about my point in yesterday’s entry and decided it wasn’t totally fair. I still believe in each individual point, but perhaps combining them was a bit of a stretch, one that sprung from a deep sadness about the priorities of this country. One woman dying in a waiting room really doesn’t [...]
Posted by: dana on: June 13, 2007
I’m sure most of you have heard about this woman who died, coughing up blood while being ignored in a hospital waiting room for 45 minutes. I unfortunately found out while sitting in a restaurant and had to keep myself from bawling and causing a scene. The really sad part? When I did a Google [...]