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Seeing Sarah Palin as Esther: “God has given her the opportunity serve”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
What sort of a Christian is Sarah Palin? We know she was baptized Catholic as a baby, but is now an ardent and practicing member of the Assembly of God. And, with every passing day, we’re seeing what that means to her life and her politics. The New York Times has this look in the…
“Mrs.” Clinton and “Ms.” Palin
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
The Anchoress dropped me a line a few minutes ago and said a reader was wondering why the New York Times refers to these women differently. I know the Times has a tradition of always using an honorific — Mr., Mrs., whatever — which is very old-fashioned and, I think, nice. But I was stumped…
Quote of the day
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
“She has the power of the normal.” — Peggy Noonan, again in very good form, writing this morning about Sarah Palin’s speech.
A diaconate ministry takes off
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
One of the prevailing truths of the diaconate is that you never know where, or when, you’ll encounter a deacon in the midst of his ministry. This piece from the Georgia Bulletin is a reminder of that: More than a quarter of a million people daily fly out of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. And 60,000…
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