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Anyone who has ever received the gift of Amish friendship bread can empathize with Danny Letz. After weeks of baking the cinnamon-spiced quick bread, the Salt Lake City cook has run out of family, friends and co-workers willing to take a "starter," which seems to be growing exponentially on his counter.Read more of this story.
CommentaryThe field of presidential candidates is nearly complete. Only Newt Gingrich remains to decide — or announce if he has decided — whether he, too, will run for president. His decision is expected in November.There is one person who is definitely not running, but may be invoked as the ultimate adviser. That would be God.Read more of this story.
Lewis Thomas, the noted physician and essayist, mused openly on the allergic tendency of our species. He found the condition without teleological merit, and declared it a "mistake." Now two books—Mark Jackson’s Allergy: The History if a Modern Malady and Gregg Mitman’s Breathing Space, How Allergies Shape Our Lives and Landscapes—are available for those who wish to delve further into this "mistake" that affects 50 million Americans.Read more of this story.
Tony Dungy stood on a cramped, oval-shaped platform as he accepted the Vince Lombardi Trophy following the Indianapolis Colts’ Super Bowl victory over the Chicago Bears in Miami in February.Read more of this story.
As popular Sunday customs, watching the National Football League and attending church seem to go together. Players who thank Jesus for victory have almost become a cliché. At the Super Bowl last February, coaches Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts and Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears—the first African American head coaches in the big game—talked freely about their faith.Read more of this story.
Materialism. Drugs. Infidelity. Narcissism. When Christians talk about Hollywood, we usually shake our heads and go on about how terrible it is. Because it seems so blatantly anti-Christian, we’ve written it off rather than embraced it as the mission field it is.At least two people, however, have caught God’s vision for making a difference in Hollywood. While many in the church consider Hollywood hopeless, Bryan Coley and Barbara Nicolosi represent a growing movement of Tinseltown insiders who offer the hope of Christ.Read more of this story.
Amy Hying, an accountant for a local trucking company, uses a lot of spreadsheets. But one in particular is very important in her life right now. It’s the one she’s using for the 40 Days for Life campaign that begins September 26th.
MADISON — It doesn’t look like World Youth Day, but it feels like World Youth Day.That’s what Bishop Robert C. Morlino told couples celebrating their golden wedding anniversaries at a Mass of Thanksgiving held on Sunday, Aug. 26, at the Bishop O’Connor Catholic Pastoral Center chapel.Read more of this story.
Twenty-five years ago, the film Tron told the story of video game maker Kevin Flynn who was transplanted into the virtual universe within a computer. Flynn battled sinister digital forces to survive and partnered with friendly programs to discover a way back to the real world. Today, Tron’s story appears prophetic. We find ourselves in a digital universe. Technology is more than merely a tool. It permeates every part of our existence—family, work, recreation, even worship.Read more of this story.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Sometimes after a church service, John Black, 82, will visit the final resting places of three loved ones. He doesn’t travel far.He placed the ashes of his daughter, a former wife, and his mother-in-law in a columbarium installed at his church, Ridgefield-Crystal Lake Presbyterian, in 2003.Read more of this story.