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Friday, July 31, 2009

The Pew Forum recently released data from a survey of Americans' religious affiliations and beliefs about hot-button issues - ranging from homosexuality to heaven and hell - and USA Today has presented it in a way that's pretty perfect for you visual learners out there.

Just for fun on a Friday

Friday, June 12, 2009

I thought I’d pass along some articles and blog posts I found interesting and/or entertaining this week.

A few more words on 'A journey and a homecoming'

Sunday, May 17, 2009

My story today – “A journey and a homecoming” – was a bit off the beaten path for me.

A Columbine story that still stands out

Monday, April 27, 2009

A week ago marked 10 years since the April 20, 1999 shootings at Columbine High School, and the anniversary hasn't gone unmarked.

Non-dissonant Easter stories

Friday, April 10, 2009

I’ve spent a lot of this week writing Easter stories.

In defense of Facebook

Friday, Feb. 20, 2009

Facebook has come under fire lately, in part due to the millions of users who have followed a chain-mail-like trend of posting notes containing 25 random facts about themselves.

Reason to laugh if your Valentine's gift is less than grand

Friday, Feb. 13, 2009

As I sit at my desk now, my line of vision is impeded by what is perhaps the most massive floral display I've ever witnessed.

How hard has it been to be Rick Warren?

Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009

It maybe hasn’t been the easiest month to be Rick Warren.

Presidential pardons and other things undeserved

Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009

The Constitution may be a revolutionary document, but it certainly isn’t entirely just.

The Duggars on dating

Monday, Dec. 29, 2008

Maybe you’ve heard of the Duggars. They’re the Arkansas family that totals 20 people: parents Jim Bob and Michelle and their 18 children, ranging in age from newborn to 20 and all with “J” names.

Caylee Anthony and inconsistency

Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008

When I Google “Caylee Anthony,” almost 250,000 results come up ... But as much as her case warrants a reaction like this, it also illuminates what seems to me a gigantic disparity.

Christmas stories not worth celebrating

Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008

Something about the Christmas season seems to inspire some of the very worst made-for-TV movies.
I know this, of course, only because I watch them. Or at least some of them. And in that sense, I suppose I’m guilty of contributing to the demand for them – if only because I occasionally enjoy a bad made-for-TV movie simply for how bad it is.

My question for the pregnant man

Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008

It’s the kind of interview that doesn’t come around every day.
Thomas Beatie, who is perhaps better known as “the pregnant man,” appeared on Larry King Live on Monday with his wife, Nancy, to promote his book, “Labor of Love: The Story of One Man’s Extraordinary Pregnancy.” Beatie gave birth to the couple’s daughter, Susan, in July and is now expecting again.
Of course, this raises all kinds of questions. But the most obvious for me is one that King didn’t ask.

Baby's first blog

Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008

Welcome to my blog, Words of Wisdom. Quite a name, huh? Maybe one that sounds pretentious or that promises a level of understanding about life that I, at 24, might be a little limited to deliver. But given that Wisdom is my name, I really couldn’t call it anything else.