News Through Faith
« Previous EntriesReading the News Through the Lens of Faith-13- Should we ban McDonalds?
Thursday, July 31st, 2008I’ve got a couple of feelings on this story.
One side of me is somewhat understanding. I like that cities and other entities are starting to get serious about what is indeed a public health crisis. People are not taking care of themselves and this is a public concern. After all many of the ailments [...]
Reading the News Through the Lens of Faith- 11- Archaelogy and Faith “Gabriel’s Revelation”
Thursday, July 17th, 2008The latest archaeological discovery to hit the headlines and draw both interest and skepticism from Christians is a stone tablet called “Gabriel’s Revelation”. It’s from Jewish sources and while much of the text is difficult to translate or entirely unreadable some are putting forward translations that talk about a suffering and resurrected Messiah. Given dates [...]
Reading the News Through the Lens of Faith- Environmentalism and New Age
Thursday, July 10th, 2008I’d like you to view this video, but don’t do it unless you plan on reading the rest of this post.
It’s a beautiful video- scenes of our beautiful planet, of God’s creation. Images like these remind us of our place within the earth as God’s stewards. Certainly he has created something wonderful and we bear [...]
Reading the News Through the Lens of Faith- Pt 9- Save Green by Being Green
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Sometimes people perceive environmentalism or being green as kind of that wacky far left stuff. Sometimes it simply seems impractical for the average person. Many times it feels like the steps experts advise are simply too expensive. But take a minute and watch this video.
Now this is a short piece, but I want you to [...]
Reading the News Through the Lens of Faith- Pt 8- Global Warming
Thursday, June 26th, 2008I could take a number of angles on an article like this, but since we’re doing a series on environmental news and stewardship that’s the piece I’ll highlight. If you read to the end of the article you kind of get the sense that scientists are now convinced that global warming is indeed happening and [...]
Reading the News Through the Lens of Faith- 7 Green Christianity
Thursday, June 19th, 2008I love it when a little perfect storm arises. There’s been a lot of discussion about the environment in recent months due to the presidential election, recent natural disasters, rising gas prices, and so on. There has also been an increasing discussion amongst Christians concerning the environment. What kind of an environmentalist is a Christian? [...]
Reading the News Through the Lens of Faith- Pt 6
Thursday, June 12th, 2008I’m sure many of you have been reading the news about the political turmoil in Zimbabwe over the last few months. It’s saddening to see a country struggling so much to ensure basic democratic freedoms to its people. People are afraid to speak. They’re afraid to vote. They’re afraid that even if they win an [...]
Reading the News Through the Lens of Faith- Pt 5
Thursday, June 5th, 2008So it’s finally official. We’ll be having an Obama vs. McCain election this year. I don’t know how you feel about the candidates. I don’t know how you feel about many of the issues. I’ve certainly got some strong beliefs that I’m happy to share with people on a personal level.
But that’s not exactly where [...]
Reading the News Through the Lens of Faith- 4
Thursday, May 29th, 2008This article on race in America really caught my attention, maybe because it had so many facets to it. It’s focus is on the growing number of people in America who identify themselves as multiracial, as coming from a number of racial backgrounds- black, Caucasian, Hispanic, Native-American, Asian, etc.
But it was about so much more [...]
Reading the New Through the Lens of Faith- 3
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008The Incredible Shrinking Superpower? Us? The US?
This is a hard idea to get used to isn’t it? Most people who are alive today think of the US as one of, if not the foremost nation state in the world. While the US is still clearly an influential nation and will be for the foreseeable future, [...]
