Devil’s Punchbowl to Salvation Mountain, Part 3
…find a sign that I think I once saw, “Mecca Baptist Church,” but we found only a Catholic and a charismatic church and no mosques, much less any large black…
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Occupy and the Teachers Unions
…in a New England culture that had a ‘common church.’ And since we no longer have, and should not have, a ‘common church,’ there is no reason for a ‘common…
San Francisco to San Miguel, Part I
…went inside. A painted fan, San Miguel church There were a few rooms to see, but then we discovered that the church was outside the ‘fee area’ of the mission…
Learning from Francis Fukuyama
…issue, and would, under these circumstances will their property to (ahem . . .) the Church! But they also improved the status of women, because “The church made it difficult…
No, Hal Lindsey did not discover the Book of Revelation
…was like a flying eagle.” Well, when you put the face of Jesus, or whatever else, on the dome of your church, there are four corners at the four posts….
The Garbage City
…until a preacher named Abu Samaan came in and helped clean things up, at least ethically, and revived the Faith. He also caused a beautiful church to be carved out…
Tort Reform and Avoiding Lawyers: Good and Bad Ways To Do It
…this subject, cannot help contemplating 1st Corinthians 5 and 6, in which St. Paul declares that the church ought to have an arbitration network enforced by excommunication and expulsion, if…
Does Justice Equal Entitlement: A Book Review
…the “institutional church . . . and the `organic’ church.” (p. 145). The institutional church is the actual institution of the church that is run by elders, or bishops, or…
For and Against the Negative Income Tax
…the church and the family; in practice, I think a government role is inescapable, but the church and the family should not be elbowed out of the way or have…
What Do Words Really Mean to our Contemporaries?
Not long ago I was at church and we happened to sing a well known song called “Power in the Blood.” Here are a couple of lines from it: Would…