Of Michael Landon and Brittany Maynard (ass’t suicide)

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Of Michael Landon and Brittany Maynard  —  A juxtaposition piece on actor Michael Landon’s protracted and public death 20 years ago and Brittany Maynard’s legally-assisted suicide today.  Maynard is the subject of a well-planned PR campaign orchestrated by the George Soros-funded assisted-suicide advocacy group Compassion and Choices (formerly known as the Hemlock Society).  A possible […]

Making Payroll: Minimum Wage and Lutheran Non-Profits

Making Payroll: Minimum Wage and Lutheran Non-Profits  —  Many nonprofits, including some faith-based charities and social service organizations, find themselves in the unenviable role of fighting poverty while paying poverty wages.  Mosaic, a Lutheran social ministry serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in ten states, exemplifies this dilemma.

How Biblical Illiteracy is Killing our Nation

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How Biblical Illiteracy is Killing our Nation  —  This position piece explores the thesis that “Study after study in the last quarter-century has revealed that American Christians increasingly don’t read their Bibles, don’t engage their Bibles, and don’t know their Bibles. It’s obvious: We are living in a post-biblically literate culture.”

Pagan Event? NJ School Cancels, Reinstates Halloween

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Pagan Event?  NJ School Cancels, Reinstates Halloween  —  A day after canceling the in-school Halloween celebration, parents received a note home from Acting Superintendent James Memoli saying the cancellation has been reversed, and the event would take place as it has in the past: “The issue regarding whether or not we celebrate Halloween transcends one […]

 
 
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