Since we are experiencing a little winter storm here in DFW, I thought I would offer a public service announcement: If anyone happens to be watching WFAA’s news and weather coverage today, the traffic lady has been saying over and over to leave plenty of room between you and the car in front of you: […]
Episcopal happenings
A decent amount of news seemed to be made by Katharine Jefferts Schori becoming the first woman to be the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States. For those familiar with the situation, her theology has been very controversial. That discussion is for another day. What struck me was the date of […]
Random Tidbits
A few interesting things I’ve read recently: CNN.com: “God references quashed; ‘VeggieTales’ creator steamed” – Not surprisingly, there’s been a bit of buzz about the fact that NBC, who bought the rights to VeggieTales, has been removing overt references to God in order to secularize the show. Honestly, did anyone think that NBC would air […]
My Take on What the Pope Said
There is obviously a lot of media buzz and Muslim outrage over the comments of the Pope at his address to the science faculty at the University of Regensburg. While time could be spent discussing the wisdom of the Pope’s Byzantine reference or the level of Muslim outrage in reaction to the comments, I decided […]
One Take on the Pope’s Lecture
For my initial weekly post I am working on an article that looks at what the Pope really said in his lecture last Tuesday. Instead of reading about the address in the various news media, I thought it would be beneficial to actually read it for myself and give my take on the topic. Well, […]