Category: Faith

  • The Downside of Turning One’s Cheek

    On Monday, October 11, in Florence, a young Muslim decided that he needed to express himself and that the only proper way to do so would be to dance on the altar of the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, the cathedral church of the Diocese of Florence Italy (link to video in the linked…

  • “God Won”

    I watched the rescue of the Chilean miners last week with a fair amount of interest. It is unusual that we see a mine cave-in at that depth where there were not only no fatalities, but no serious injuries – and where all the miners are rescued. At some level, it all seemed fairly surreal…

  • WhyWouldWe?

    I’ve spent some time in the DFW area recently for work.  While there, I noticed a few billboards near downtown Dallas from a group calling itself “WhyWouldWe.org“.  This is a gay rights group that claims that Jesus affirmed a gay couple (the story of the healing of the centurion’s servant in Matthew 8:5-13 and Luke…