Category: suffering

  • Suicide: It’s apparently a wonderful human possibility. I’m with Ruth Gledhill on this one. Politics: North Korea claims to have put a satellite in orbit. U.S. and South Korea dispute the claim. What does this mean? Not much of anything. Journalism: I so love when words seem to give more information than they actually do.

  • Weirdness: the Telegraph reports thatAl-Queda in Iraq claims that women buying “suggestive vegetables” like cucumbers is un-Islamic. Anglicanism: John Stackhouse speaks of the collapse of the world’s largest small group, the Anglican Church Cultural Weirdness: A gust of wind caused an inflatable dog turd to wreak havoc in Switzerland. Compassion?: The Unabomber claims that a…

  • Iraq: Some Iraqis are returning home. (Note: this is a big deal if the beeb is actually reporting it). Anglicans: Seems the Church of my birth is inching towards full schism. Unfortunately, neither side of the schism would be an acceptable choice of a Church for me (if you want reasons, you can buy me…

  • Culture: Halo 3 sales are huge, Have we gone crazy? Suffering: What does a grandfather say when his granddaughter is stillborn? John Piper Answers with what he said at her funeral. Theology: Tim Challies reviews another book by Brian McLaren. Singleness: Ideas for Christian singles showing hospitality.