Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

So says Simon Winchester, who wrote a book on Krakatoa. Excerpts: But others of the 47 known VEI-8 volcanoes are more alarmingly recent. Taupo in New Zealand erupted with mega-colossal force some 22,500 years ago. The newer of the great eruptions that helped form the mountains of today’s Yellowstone national park in Wyoming took place…

Ross Douthat, who is Catholic, wishes Pope Benedict were more media-savvy. Here’s part of the advice he offers the Vatican: Again, the Catholic Church will always face particular difficulties in its dealings with the press. But the rules that apply to politicians also apply to popes. Responding swiftly is always better than responding slowly, and…

A UK reader writes with a reflection on Tory Party leader David Cameron’s Easter message. The reader writes: Despite the fact that he is an Anglican Christian of sorts, and the message was issued on Good Friday, he made no mention of darkness, sin, weakness, reflection, redemption, resurrection. It was the standard “can’t we all…

Lots of press attention to Traif, a new restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, run by a Jewish man and his Gentile partner. Their gimmick is … well, it’s the sort of thing that if a Muslim tried it with a restaurant named Haram, would probably get himself splodey-doped. From the Jewish webzine Tablet’s review: The last…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners