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From status updates on my Facebook profile, a bird’s eye view of Christian responses last night. All names have been replaced with “Sally.”  Sally is no longer proud to be an American. Sally loves America. Sally is sad that America is incredibly naive. Sally loves saying President-elect Barack Obama.   Sally says THIS IS A SAD DAY.…

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This month, Beliefnet has teamed up with Tom Davis and Daniel Clark at Children’s HopeChest to raise support for orphans in Africa. You’ll see my charity badge on the right, and you can donate directly to CHC from that badge–as little as $10 at a time. (If you’re a blogger, please consider adding the badge…

Alan Jacobs on Richard Dawkins’ suspicion of Harry Potter: It strains credulity, does it not, that someone of Dawkins’s education and intelligence could believe that there is no difference between allowing children to read fantasy stories or fairy tales and “bringing [them] up to believe in spells and wizards” — or that children who read…

I’m particularly excited about a project we’re working on about niche Bibles. Our feature will be a gallery of various Bibles, but it will be supplemented with an essay by Glenn Paauw, a longtime director at the International Bible Society. Paauw is a one-of-a-kind editor, reader, listener, and general force for good in his part…

Blogs.com asked for a list of the top 10 Christian blogs. The list I offered is not the most representative, I admit, and it’s very idiosyncratic. It’s a combination of blogs I’ve been reading for years, blogs I return to for occasional perspective, and blogs I’m tracking closely at the moment.  Speaking of favorite blogs—here are two…

A couple weeks ago, I reacted to the news of the Angelina Jolie Bible (aka, “Bible Illuminated: The Book”) with my eyes rolling, but I also suspected that there might be more to the project than meets the eye. And there is. But I’ve delayed writing about it because I’m still reflecting on what that…

More is coming soon from Beliefnet on the latest round of niche Bibles–I, for one, stagger at the sheer amount of these–but for now, just this photo:  More on this Bible here.

It’s interesting how this reporter frames a debate that occurred last night between an atheist and a Christian at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The headline: “Atheist, Christian debate historical accuracy of the Bible.” The reporter’s lede summarizes the event in the same way. But the article makes it clear that the atheist is the…

Each Friday, I’ll try to post a few things–maybe 3, maybe 10–that stuck with me this week, wouldn’t leave me alone, and probably won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. IOW, the best kind of reading. This week’s list: From Culture11.com, Thomas Chatteron Williams on what a Barack Obama presidency can mean for black America From…
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