I confess: Over the last 10 days, I did not pay much attention to the Amish school shooting. As the mother of an 8-year old girl, I find school violence stories too painful to follow.
Despite attempts to avoid this particular news, the stories of the Amish practice of forgiveness eventually captivated me. Their practice of [...]

If you are the Liberal leader in Manitoba, why not use You Tube?
I heard about it on CTV National, but hey, there he is.
 

Who knew?
Steven Baldwin is an actor who defines himself as an evangelist., and is happy to permit others, including the White House to define him that way also. Salon magazine has an interesting article about his qualifications, his following, his friends.
To plenty of passersby strolling on the mall that day, Baldwin’s nouveau Bible-thumping to the kids and [...]

Former TV news person Mark Kelley has written a book,  “Engaging News Media: A Practical Guide for People of Faith.” Kelley is also a professor at the University of Maine.
He doesn’t like blogs, according to Bible Belt Blogger:
“Bloggers do not commit themselves to the same code of ethics as professional journalists and most of them [...]

Rumours have been floating that South Korean Ban Ki-noon is a moonie. It is possible he is the next UN Secretary General.
According to the Asia News he is not even close, but is Mukyokai.*
Ban Ki-moon was born in 1944 to a rural family in South Korea. He is married with three children. A Christian, he is member [...]

The wildly popular Ship of Fools site well known for it’s Mystery Worshipper section has uncovered a sock puppet  after a few complaints and a bit of digging. Needless to say Fr David Peters who praised himself through his sock puppet persona’s has been exposed and banished. The Ship of Fools account can be found [...]

Now in it’s second year being hosted by Biola University the GodBlogCon rescheduled to be held October 26-28th at the California University.
Many of last years speakers are participating again, and some of the sponsors are also plenary or panel speakers.
Of the 35 registered to attend so far,  22 are GodBlogCon staff; to date only one [...]

Afghanistan at tipping point - NATO:
NATO’s top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David Richards, also warned Sunday that Afghans would begin to support the Taliban again if they didn’t see visible improvements within the next six months.
“They will say, ‘We do not want the Taliban but then we would rather have the austere and unpleasant life [...]