Religious Tolerance

Anyone read “The Shack?” I wrote a column about the book, which ran on my local paper’s site. There were a couple of unhappy xtians who commented, but I thought this remark regarding independent thought of believers was very interesting:
“Of course truly arriving at the recognition and adoration of an absolute authority requires the most [...]

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An interesting comment

Hi all,
I’d like to post this comment left by a Catholic reader. The question he raises is, “Can you be fair to your child if you don’t expose them to religion?” Since we have readers with so many different belief systems, it would be interesting to hear your thoughts….
Hello from a Catholic. If you want [...]

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Head Injuries

I was skiing last week when I heard about Natasha Richardson’s death. I kicked myself then, and again today, after reading the story about the girl who had a head injury from a baseball.
My kids wore helmets last week. But they ski fast and they ski the terrain parks. My youngest had fallen on the [...]

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Write with me

There are some really smart, well-spoken people who blog with me here. Sometimes, one of them will say, “It’s your blog. Are you comfortable with…” I just realized I am not comfortable, actually, with this being just my blog. There is way too much to learn from others. So, I’d like to open this to [...]

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A Great Book

“The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children,” by Steven Vannoy, is a great book for parents. It’s also a good book, in general, for adults because of quotes like this:
Children will only escalate their behavoir when we force them to deny who they really are or what they are really feeling.
I think that applies [...]

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Spoiled Brats

I don’t know about you, but I’ve yet to see these spoiled brats Jack Cafferty writes of. Yeah, I’m sure there’s a few somewhere, but realistically, haven’t there always been spoiled brats? I mean, my generation didn’t invent this word.
Perhaps Mr. Cafferty has grown into a crotchety old man. Most of us, honestly, are trying [...]

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Church Lady

I’m actually not a bad tennis player. So when an acquaintance from the gym tells me she’s a long-time tennis player, too, I give her my phone number. “I’ll call you Saturday,” she says. Not this weekend, I tell her, my kid’s having a birthday sleepover. Too busy. Next weekend. But when next weekend comes, [...]

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Racist Supreme

Hello again. I’ve missed blogging the past week. My family and I spent the last week skiing. Ahhh….to be home and safe. While I was gone, I received a comment from Xander, which I wanted to share (original post here). Feel free to address his extremely narrow-sighted view of the world:
Let me start out by [...]

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Trust Me

I read this article a few weeks ago on the Oprah site. (I’m not embarrassed to say that I get the “Oprah” e-mail, though I never watch the show.) It’s about learning how to trust. The reason why I thought this particular article was so interesting was because it doesn’t tell you to trust or to not [...]

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Fewer Christians

This is an interesting article and study that finds America is becoming “less Christian.” The shift away from religion is a result of the rise of “individualism.” Note the article does not say that people are “losing their religion,” only their affiliation. There has not been a rise in atheism.
Interestingly, one in three Americans still [...]

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