A growing rift between social conservatives and the Republican National Committee has some leaders urging donors to stop giving money to the GOP.
Since he first became RNC chairman, Michael Steele has been under fire and a lot of the ammunition comes from fellow Republicans. The latest gaffe surrounding Steele isn’t helping [...]
A more than 95-year-old church in Atlanta may be ousted from the Southern Baptist Convention over a woman pastor.
The Rev. Mimi Walker has been serving as co-pastor at Druid Hills Baptist Church with her husband, the Rev. Graham Walker, since 2003. But earlier this month, leaders of the Georgia Baptist Convention recommended cutting ties with [...]
By Glenn Sacks, M.A. and Ned Holstein, M.D.
Four Sacramento County Sheriff’s cars pulled up in front of David Woods’s house. He tried to explain to them what happened. But the lead deputy cut him off: “Yeah, that’s fine. Put your hands behind your back.”
David said, “No, wait, she stabbed me … there’s the knife. See [...]
Hey y’all, I’m in Cambridge today, but I’m posting this to the site on last Friday — through the magic of Movable Type software, I can paste this in and schedule it to post in days to come. Woo.
Today marks the release of a terrific book: “Holy Roller” by Julie Lyons, my Dallas friend and [...]
April 7, 2009
Thanks to all who listened tonight as read and commented on various Google Alerts. The whole idea of the program is to get people calling in and sharing a prospective on relevant issues. We are going to expose and confront any and all issues dear to our hearts.
Be on the lookout for an [...]
After meeting for years on anonymous and secret Web sites, pro-anorexia groups are now moving to more public forums like Facebook.
A Web page labeled “Ana Boot Camp” recently offered its members a seemingly irresistible proposition: a 30-day regimen designed to help them drop some serious pounds, no exercise needed. The catch was that the group’s [...]
Ruth Wasn’t Even a Jew
The book of Ruth is amazing. Not simply because it’s a great story about love, loyalty, faith, romance and redemption. But its very presence in the Bible is amazing. Stuck right there in the Old Testament is a book named after a non-Jewish woman.
Ruth was a Moabite. Her ancestry had its [...]
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