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"You pray in your distress and need; would that you would also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance." – Kahil Gibran, The Prophet We  pray when we will, but so often the will to pray is dependent upon desperation. That is not a bad thing if our desperation…

Eric Reitan, an award-winning scholar and writer, teaches philosophy at Oklahoma State University. His new book, Is God a Delusion? A Reply to Religion’s Cultured Despisers was released by Wiley-Blackwell in November. via www.religiondispatches.org Just a bit more on the Collins- Harris controversy over Obama's pick to head the NIH.

His articles and essays appear in a diversity of journals including Science, Nature, College Teaching, Cell Biology Education, and The American Journal of Bioethics. Eisen published an alternative introductory biology textbook, The Living Staircase (Kendall/Hunt, 1998) and is co-editor with Gary Laderman of Science, Religion, and Society: History, Cultures, and Controversies (M. E. Sharpe, 2007).…

Financial Advice from the Bible a Growing Trend The Chicago Tribune reports that financial advice straight from the Bible is gaining in popularity. As more try to get a handle on their personal finances, it's only nature for them to look at the "best-selling personal finance book of all time," said Matt Bell, author of…

MANILA (Reuters) – Former President Corazon Aquino, whose "people power" revolution swept dictator Ferdinand Marcos from power in the Philippines, died on Saturday after a 16-month battle against colon cancer, her family said. She was 76. via www.reuters.com Cory Aquino may not have been a great executive or a decisive leader after "people power" brought…

Excerpted from Article: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH) is, in many ways, a typical pro-life American. He opposes abortion and, because of that, supports every effort to prevent the need for it. Just like most pro-life Americans, Ryan supports contraception — primarily because it is the most effective way to prevent unintended pregnancy, and thereby abortion.…

Agnes Monica is the Miley Cyrus of Southeast Asia. The Indonesian teen singer's face is ubiquitous. Her performances are packed out. But in Selangor, Malaysia, no one is allowed to play her song "Allah Peduli" ("God Cares"). Monica is a Christian, and Malaysian law bans non-Muslims from referring to God as Allah. via www.christianitytoday.com A…

What are you attracting with the landscape of your home, business, club, or church? A landscape in a yard is an environment that is shaped and sculpted to create a feeling of "home" for people and a habitat for whatever sort of creature they wish to attract. What sort of social, spiritual, and environmental landscape…

Syndicate this Article Copy to clipboard The Creation of the Copier Author: Bill Tucker (Other articles by this author) It hasn't always been so easy to make copies. We now can just walk up to a photocopier machine and press the print button and we instantly receive perfectly replicated copies of our original. Just forty…

"You can accept Jesus, you can reject Jesus, but you cannot reasonably ignore him." via www.mscottpeck.com Peck actually quotes from Elton Trueblood in this 1998 conversation with Fuller Theological Seminary psychology students. In this conversation, he recounts his journey through secularism, eastern thought, and world religions before finding "Jesus making more sense." He speaks of…