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I did not expect Burns Strider when I met Burns Strider. I knew he was Senior Adviser and Director of Faith Based Outreach to Sen. Clinton and her campaign for President. I knew he had worked on faith and values issues for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC). As such,…

James Dobson has spoken – written, actually – about Fred Thompson. Note – he doesn’t like him: “Isn’t Thompson the candidate who is opposed to a Constitutional amendment to protect marriage, believes there should be 50 different definitions of marriage in the U.S., favors McCain-Feingold, won’t talk at all about what he believes, and can’t…

A friend sent this to me. It kind of speaks for itself I went back home last week and had dinner with some old friends. It was fun chitter chatter about all the expected things. Now that we are a bit older, however, we started talking about more parental-type things – like how the schools…

Sometimes, perhaps most of the time, our thin places will be found in the simplest of places. I know that my most intense moments of meditation and prayer with God have come in prayer in my home office or in a small park near my home. I’ll have to go snap a picture of a…

There will be no OJ posts in this blog. None (apart from this one). I can’t stand to think about it – about any of it. I remember back in the “summer of OJ” I had a colleague who watched the trial all-day long. Lots of people did – I know I watched it aplenty.…

In response to some of the discussion about my last post re: genes and morality, I’m posting an interesting section of the debate between Richard Dawkins and Francis Collins Time printed last year. The full article can be found here. TIME: Dr. Collins, you have described humanity’s moral sense not only as a gift from…

The NYT has a thought-provoking article on whether morality – “do unto others” for instance – is written in our genes. Sexy premise – evolution offers the answers to morality: Where do moral rules come from? From reason, some philosophers say. From God, say believers. Seldom considered is a source now being advocated by some…

A thought from the old hymn, “Faith of Our Fathers” about what it means to love Jesus and love others: Faith of our fathers, we will love Both friend and foe in all our strife; And preach thee, too, as love knows how By kindly words and virtuous life. If the world doesn’t see Christians…

Sometimes it is harder to pray for a person without seeing their face. Here is a picture of Mitch and his family… let’s keep praying that God keeps them whole. Go Mitch go.

This morning a thin place of a different sort from Deacon Greg Kandra:Thanks Greg and thanks for your terrific blog too. Check out Greg’s blog, The Deacon’s Bench. Please continue to send your thin places to me at dkuoblog@mac.com.
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