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Science & faith revisited

My friend Mike recently linked here, to 2 extended video clips of four of the top “New Atheists,” Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Richard Dawkins, discussing the interplay of the “New Atheism” and religion (mainly Christianity) as well … Continue reading

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An Office (Charlie Brown) Christmas

For all of you fans of The Office and/or Peanuts: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhMDsG6qNGE]

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A Christmas Story, Part 2

When we left off yesterday, Mary had just found out that she was pregnant. Our narrator, Alfred, had just stopped to listen to a group of carolers that were wandering by. Now, on to the exciting conclusion of our Christmas … Continue reading

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A Christmas Story

About twenty years and half a dozen churches ago, I wrote a script for a Christmas pageant that was to be narrated to a slide show. It apparently was, but we moved to California before it was produced (I heard … Continue reading

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