While few of us will ever know the complete truth (at least this side of the eschaton), it looks as though the Coalition finally made good on its threats to take matters into its own hands in the tribal areas of Pakistan. According to local reports, three helicopters deployed a team of Coalition and Afghan […]
Religion in the News – the Presidential Campaign
September 9, 2008 By
Some people are shocked to learn that there are still Christians who actual believe that Christianity is the True Faith, that all other religions are false, and that we must constantly engage in spiritual warfare. Of course, this made the news because (GASP!) the GOP VP nominee is a Pentecostal Christian. Pentecostalism focuses on the […]
The Coming Storm in Pakistan
August 27, 2008 By
News reports are full of optimism about Pakistan’s increased cooperation with NATO on the War on Terrorism now that Musharraf has been replaced with a democratic government. I don’t see this happening. In fact, I don’t see any likely course that makes things better. In fact, for the next couple of years, I think following […]
Another Nifty Invention – the Nintendo Wii Fit
August 27, 2008 By
I grew up on video games. My best friends and I used to walk a couple of miles to “Tokens” on Old National Highway. We’d leave with as many quarters as we could scrounge out of the sofas, hoping to find bottles to trade in on the way. Back then, our favorites were Scramble (Jody […]
The Impeachment of President Musharraf – we will miss him
August 18, 2008 By
Former President Musharraf, was a favorite target of just about everyone. Islamists of every stripe (Al Qaeda, the Taliban, the religious parties, and many among the religious elite) hated him because of his attempts to rein in (and stop funding/supporting) militant and terrorist Islamists in his country, his attempt to moderate the practice of Islam […]
Orthodoxy and the State – Preliminary Thoughts on Immigration Policy
August 18, 2008 By
[FIRST POSTED ON AUGUST 18 2008; UPDATED ON OCTOBER 10, 2008] I am not a political activist – my activism is “in the trenches”, building up the community of Christ rather than than trying to lobby the government. But as a citizen in a democratic country who pastors the same, and as an amateur political […]
AF President – NIMBY on Bombing
August 14, 2008 By
Last weekend, the beleaguered President of Afghanistan made a passionate plea on behalf of innocent civilians for an end to airstrikes. This is not the first time that he has done this (last year he was moved to tears on the subject), and it does point to the difficulty of the situation. On the one […]
Random updates – and one technology that does NOT work
August 12, 2008 By
It has exciting here recently. Two weeks ago I attended the Ukrainian Orthodox League Convention; then the next week I went to Florida with my family. Now I am almost caught up with the things that accumulated in my Inbox over that time. The Ukrainian Orthodox League convention was awesome. We (my oldest son, a […]
Should Clergy Talk about Politics from the Pulpit
August 3, 2008 By
The Johnson Amendment of 1954 changed the IRS code so that churches that support or oppose candidates for public office would lose their non-profit status. This past Sunday, a group of pastors challenged this by using Scripture to analyze the campaign positions of Senators McCain and Obama. They did this hoping to challenge the constitutionality […]
US-PK Talks today in Washington
July 28, 2008 By
This from APP, on the scheduled talks today between Pakistan’s Prime Mister Gilan and President Bush; “WASHINGTON, July 27 (APP): Urging Washington to be patient with the elected government’s anti-terrorism strategy, Pakistan’s envoy in the United States Husain Haqqani Sunday hoped that Congress would be receptive to Pakistan’s views on security in the region.” He […]
