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Three weeks ago I stood in line and got my iPhone at 6:15pm. It was a joyous time. Laughing, clapping, slapping of hands. My friend who was with me – and deeply skeptical of the iPhone – gasped when he saw it. He now loves it like a child. All that is fine and wonderful.…

In today’s Philly Inquirer, noted UPenn professor, sociologist, author, and former Bush faith-based head, John DiIulio writes a tenderly devastating piece about Bush’s “compassion contradiction” that still offers Bush a chance to do the right thing. DiIulio notes that it was eight years ago this week that Bush delivered the first public policy speech of…

Andrew Sullivan finds the most fanciful things…here, well, think 1,000 incarcerated Filipino Michael Jackson dancers…

An article about a beautiful couple whose lives have been turned over by chronic disease. Though the situations are different, the story reminds me of the story behind the hymn, “His Eye is on the Sparrow”. Of that song the lyricist wrote: Early in the spring of 1905, my hus­band and I were so­journ­ing in…

The Church of England has published a guide for using Harry Potter as a springboard for talking about Jesus and the big issues that kids face. Brilliant. Recognizing the books as works of fiction that draw on important spiritual and life themes, the Church is engaging the culture in a positive way. Cheers. “The excitement…

I am haunted by the beauty of Lindsay Lohan’s booking photo. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a booking photo that is truly art – though, I suppose, each one is art in its own way. Hers is art. It belongs in a gallery. I look at this picture and am awed by the young…

Last week, a Washington Post article speculated that the next great Potter-type book might just be an explicitly Christian-themed book. In the article, the reporter incorrectly stated that Focus on the Family head James Dobson embraced the Potter books. Yesterday, Dobson and Focus on the Family issued an emphatic clarification on the front page of…

Kuodos to Newt who just unloaded on politicians but more significantly on the political process as it now stands. To wit: Gingrich mocked Republican presidential candidates for subjecting themselves to a May debate hosted by Chris Matthews of MSNBC’s “Hardball.” “You’re watching an utterly irrelevant, shallow television celebrity dominate everybody who claimed they want to…

Was talking to a friend over the weekend about Giuliani. My friend is a very serious Christian by anyone’s measure. He is also politically conservative and likes Giuliani. Why? Giuliani: – cleaned up NY from the window washers and graffiti and crime – he is no nonsense – like it or not he tells the…

Barry Bonds is two home runs away from Hank Aaron’s home run record. He is reviled by many baseball purists convinced by evidence that ranges from the physical – Bonds physique and head have changed quite a bit during his baseball career; traits of potential hormone and steroid use – to the legal – leaked…
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