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Insulted? That's the Means of Salvation

John Piper at ROFTERs meditates on the role of mockery in the Christian's road of salvation [http://rofters.blogspot.com/2006/02/being-mocked-essence-of-christs-work.html]. It's pretty good. Excerpt:Â > What we saw this past week in the Islamic demonstrations over the Danish cartoons of Muhammad

Former Prostitute in the Confessional

> When I was visiting Westfield Monastery, I told Sister that prostitution is a lot like an addiction. And like many addictions, the struggle to not slide back into that addiction when things in life get rough is an on-going battle. Even now it is something I struggle with as

The Shroud and the Olympics

From USA Today [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/mccarthy/2006-02-14-mccarthy-oly_x.htm] : > [O]ver five days of coverage so far, NBC (with the exception of Today) has yet to mention the Shroud of Turin. Whether you venerate the Shroud as the actual burial cloth of a crucified Jesus

Shake(r) Rattle and Lathe

Interesting article in The New Yorker about the celibate Shakers, their history, and their beautiful wood objects [http://www.newyorker.com/critics/atlarge/articles/060213crat_atlarge]Â (save the jokes).Â I'm not sure what prompted Gopnik to write the piece, but it's different and--as always--well-written.

Something for Sunday Morning

> Freedom from anger is a triumph over one's nature. It is the ability to be impervious to insults and comes by hard work and the sweat of one's brow. . . The first step toward freedom from anger is to keep the lips silent when the heart

Muslims Against the World

> Terror gripped the Buddhist-majority town of Leh in Jammu and Kashmir as clashes between Muslims and Buddhists continued over the alleged desecration of the Holy Quran. Authorities declared a state of curfew and called in the army and the para-military Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) to maintain order. Police said

Private Revelations

Article at the Times Online today about private revelations [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3933-2034462,00.html]. I know B16 isn't as receptive to the revelations as JPII seemingly was, but I'm not sure if the harsh picture painted by the article is entirely

Moloch Redux

Interesting post from Suicide of the West [http://suicideofthewest.com/?p=96]: > Here's a beautiful little piece of Islamiana, two beautiful young girls explaining why martyrdom is preferable to life. This video is from an Israeli site called “Palestinian Media Watch,” which features hate-filled video clips, cartoons,

Smoking Banned by Koran?

They're not just burning cars and buildings [http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=32&idsub=119&id=2567]: > Muslim leaders should rule that smoking is prohibited under Islamic law to encourage Muslim smokers to quit, argue doctors in an article published in the

Islamic Attitudes

A European/Muslim expert (he's written a book on the topic, anyway) speaks dire words [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=30432]: > [W]hat's happening here is that a gang of bullies–led by a country, Saudi Arabia, where Bibles are forbidden, Christians tortured,