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It was December 1976 and I decided to write President Ford a letter. He had just lost to Gov. Jimmy Carter and I wanted to console him. I recall writing some very 9-year-old sort of things – something about how Gov. Carter was just a peanut farmer. One day the following spring I came home…

It can’t be true… – a virgin birth?– an old pregnant cousin?– angels appearing left and right?– God become not just man but a baby?– astrologers from the east?– a murderous king?– a loyal husband?– a birthing room attended by cows? It makes no sense. Plus, the stories all contradict each other, right? They aren’t…

My colleague and friend Patton Dodd wrote a beautiful article for the Financial Times. It is titled simply, “My pastor disgraced our church.” Please read. My favorite paragraph: Even when I winced over things Pastor Ted would say as a representative of evangelicals, even when I wished he’d focus on poor people rather than Republican…

News reports like this one reveal that U2’s Bono was “…alarmed we could not get a commitment from the Democratic leadership to prevent the loss of $1b in the continuing resolution to fight AIDS, malaria and extreme poverty.” The problem, of course, isn’t just a Democratic fault or a Republican fault (as both parties point…
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