Posts by Kevin Schaal
“Blue laws” and the religious tradition that sanctifies life outside of work – Vox
Religious “blue laws” achieve many of the same goals as progressive labor unions. Source: “Blue laws” and the religious tradition that sanctifies life outside of work – Vox
Read MoreHearts Have to Change
It rained last night just before church. It was beautiful. The temperature dropped into the low 70’s and the cool rains fell. After a long hot Arizona summer, the feeling of a cool breeze is just wonderful. Throughout hot September summer just hangs on. It seems like the heat will never ever let go. But…
Read MoreCan you be a feminist and pro-life? | CatholicHerald.co.uk
Knowing that Fiorella admires the vision of the early feminists, I am interested to know how feminism moved from being pro-life to being “pro-choice”. She informs me that many people are surprised to learn that “the early feminists viewed abortion as yet another way in which a patriarchal society oppressed women. It was only in…
Read MoreReligion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know
Two recent US Supreme Court cases demonstrate that religion in the workplace issues are growing increasingly contentious. How can managers be prepared? It starts with the right attitude, says Derek van Bever. Source: Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know
Read MoreWhat’s next for Willow Creek? – Religion News Service
CHICAGO (RNS) — As a summer of new allegations against founding pastor Bill Hybels, of resignations and apologies and plans, draws to a close, the once-promising future of Willow Creek Community Church appears uncertain. Source: What’s next for Willow Creek? – Religion News Service
Read MoreA Tale of Two Yearbooks
Chivalry died in the 1970’s, this week’s hearings prove it. Sexual harassment, assault, and abuse have been at center stage this week. One of the little published aspects of this week’s SCOTUS hearings has been the content of the yearbooks at two private prep schools in Washington DC during the early 1980’s. Kavanaugh’s yearbook had…
Read MoreSupreme Court Connection: An Interview with Maricopa County Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell
Rachel Mitchell will be questioning the Supreme Court nominee tomorrow. Some media organizations picked up an interview we did with her in 2012 for our magazine, FrontLine. We posted the interview on our site in two parts (Part One, Part Two). Rachel Mitchell is unknown to many. Our interview was for an issue of our…
Read MoreHow Do We Pray for This Mess?
The Supreme Court nomination hearing seem to be a theater of the absurd—and sleazy. With new and unsubstantiated accusations today the American people are plunged into the mire for which the accusations are intended—doubt. Years ago, a police officer in our church told me a story about the most important arrest of his career. He…
Read MoreStop Resisting the Spirit!
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess, but be filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5:18 This command seems to be ignored today, and yet it is clearly God’s plan for believers for this age. In Romans 8 the Apostle Paul even says that the ethic of this age is characterized by the law…
Read MoreThe Battle Cry of the Reformation and the Surrender of the Greek and Hebrew–Daniel Wallace
Now, half a millennium after Luther nailed his theses to the door of the great Schlosskirche in Wittenberg, theological seminaries are on a rapid decline. Greek and Hebrew continue to be casualties. Genuine study of the biblical languages is being replaced by “Greek/Hebrew appreciation” courses—a euphemism for anything but deep appreciation, or nothing at all.…
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