Muses
Sometimes the muses talk to me. Sometimes they don't, and I need to coax them
with a few beers. This site may help me understand why
[http://webmuseart.com/muses/index.html].
Eric Scheske
England Against Christians
> A mother accused her daughter's school of discriminating against Christians
yesterday after the teenager was suspended for refusing to take off a crucifix
necklace.
> Sam Morris, 16, was sent home from Sinfin Community School in Derby for breaking
a school policy that bans jewellery.
> Last
So Invent a Bigger Needle
This can't be a big deal. American technology has always gotten around the
practice of fundamental virtues, like moderation:
> It's just one of those wicked telling signs, one of those sad little cultural
punches that make you cringe and sigh even as you stifle a
Odd Consumer News
> Capitalizing on shortages of Microsoft's new video-game console, several people
have attracted bids as high as $600 or more on eBay this week by offering Xbox
360 boxes -- just empty boxes -- in ways that made it seem, without reading
closely, that the items for sale were
No Comment
> A Peruvian woman spent a month in a male prison in Argentina after she was
mistaken for a man.
> And, when she was finally discovered and transferred to a women's jail, she
asked to be transferred back.
Christmas or Xmas?
Archbishop Chaput of Denver has written a great little essay about the
difference between Christmas and Xmas
[http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=6&art_id=31083]. Excerpt:
> The world has an ingenious ability to attach itself to what Christians believe;
tame it, subvert it,
Compassion Saves
But what good is better health if you can mock the infirm?
> A recently published Brigham Young University study that examined the possible
link between religiosity and better psychosocial health found that compassion
was the active ingredient in the relationship.
> Patrick Steffen, lead author of the study and
Smutty Thinking
> A group of atheists at the University of Texas in San Antonio is trying to tempt
college kids into trading their Bibles for pornography.
> It's part of a program called Smut for Smut sponsored by the student
organization called Atheist Agenda.
Link [http://www.msnbc.msn.
Attention Pittsburgh Readers!
The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology is holding a conference this Friday
and Saturday: Word, Worship, and the Mysteries
[http://www.salvationhistory.com//mission/wordworshipmysteries.cfm]. Plenty of
good speakers.
Ford Capitulates?
Just as every "Happy Holidays" greeting isn't a capitulation to secularists,
gays oughtta recognize that every refusal to fund their causes isn't a
capitulation to the "religious right":
> Ford Motor Co. said it will stop running ads for its Jaguar and