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Amy Winehouse, amid rush to judgment, remember a sad little girl
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remims
I never heard but a snippet, here and there, of an Amy Winehouse song. But I’d see her on the news, being led to some courtroom, her latest stint in rehab or staggering at a concert, forgetting lyrics and being booed off stage. I’d shake my head — another pop star/celebrity train wreck waiting to…
Is Norway’s terror being used as excuse for anti-faith bigotry?
By
remims
The horrific terror attacks in Norway Friday — and that’s what they were, whether perpetrated by Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, or home-grown extremists as it appears to be in this case — led to a lot of initial knee-jerk bigotry. In this case, it was not demonizing of Muslims at large, but use of the increasingly popular…
Campus Crusade for Christ is now just ‘Cru’ . . . at least, it’s not Cru-X
By
remims
It seems having “Jesus” or “Christ” or even “Christian” on the signs of churches or logos of ministries – even long-established ones dedicated to spreading the gospel – has become passé. Even evangelical and fundamentalist congregations have been jettisoning those reminders of the founder of the faith in favor of more palatable – dare I…
A Muslim’s act of forgiveness speaks louder than Al-Qaeda’s terror
By
remims
On Wednesday, July 20, convicted Texas killer Mark Stroman will be executed – unless a campaign by the most unlikely of champions succeeds in winning a stay, and possibly commutation of his sentence to life behind bars. That champion is a soft-spoken, yet determined Muslim man – the only survivor of three convenience store…
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