Famous atheist Christopher Hitchens continues to communicate about his experience with cancer and immanent death in an article at Vanity Fair. Hitchens writes so very well. And, I would venture, he is using his skill to express that which others in his circumstance feel, but lack the capacity to articulate. One of my colleagues was …

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Surreal article from the Atlantic Online promotes the radical idea that parenthood and marital happiness can co-exist. The article How to Keep Parenthood From Making Your Marriage Miserable engages material from: a new report “When Baby Makes Three: How Parenthood Makes Life Meaningful and How Marriage Makes Parenthood Bearable” (PDF), just published in the latest …

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Once upon a time, Presbyterians famously didn’t observe Christmas. Some still don’t. Remembering that, Thomas Slawson at Tom-In-The-Box has composed the following: CORINTH, AL With the Christmas season in full swing now, one church is definitely NOT singing “Joy to the World.” Several months ago the elders of South Bend Presbyterian met to address the …

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CNN belief blog reports about what it perceives is the self-conscious Christian content of Barack Obama’s recent remarks about Christmas and the essence of the Christian message. Under the title: Obama delivers very Christian message at Christmas tree lighting, the following was attributed to the current US President (excerpted from the article): President Barack Obama …

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