Dec 16 2006
Salon.com has named S.R. Sidarth its person of the year. As Michael Scherer put it, “the Virginia native and son of Indian immigrants changed history with a camcorder and introduced Senator George Allen — and the rest of us — to the real America.”
He also notes: “Weeks after Allen’s blunder, Sidarth finds himself writing an [...]
Dec 16 2006
Today’s New York Times reports on the continuing struggle within the Episcopal church in the United States over the issue of homosexuality. After consecrating an openly-gay bishop last year and electing a woman as its head this year, some conservative churches are voting to remove their parishes from the national church and align with dioceses [...]
Dec 15 2006
As Hanukkah begins Friday night, the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and synagogues around the nation are urging congregants to use energy-efficient light bulbs.
This Jewish response to global warming, dubbed “How Many Jews Does it Take to Screw in a Light Bulb” by COEJL, gives new meaning to the Festival [...]
Dec 07 2006
As one long involved in men’s ministries and as one who once delivered a sermon entitled “When Testosterone is No Longer Enough,” I knew I’d be interested in the front-page article by Jenny Jarvie and Stephanie Simon in today’s Los Angeles Times “Manliness is Next to Godliness.” Convinced that men are dodging church because it saps [...]
Dec 01 2006
It is understandably biased in favor of Brits, but the Environmental Agency (the British version of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency) has come out with its list saluting “the 100 people who’ve done more to look after our planet than anyone else.”
While it’s hard to argue with their number one choice, Rachel Carson, author of [...]
