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Here’s a Thought: The Jersey Shore
By Taylor Mason
I wouldn’t know anything about the MTV show “Jersey Shore.” But "the shore," as we call it, is a big part of our lives. ...
Martha's Laugh Lines: "Oh, Yeah?"
By Martha Bolton
I'm a non-confrontational person. It takes me a long time to even realize when someone has been rude or hurtful to me, and even longer to address it.
Here’s a Thought: Christian Scientist Monitor
By Taylor Mason
Separation of church and state: I get it, I’m for it, I’m not even questioning it. But I don’t get the separation of science and church.
Time Out: I So Don’t Scream
By Cara Garretson
Ice cream, that quintessential summer treat loved by all. Except me. It hovers around the bottom of my Top 10 Treats list.
Here’s a Thought: Backtalk
By Taylor Mason
It takes place the middle of July every year, at a non-descript hotel in an obscure suburb of Cincinnati. It is a convention of ventriloquists.
Convenient Science?
January 5, 2010 11:05 AM EST — Teresa Roberts ...
Not a week goes by that I don’t hear some Christians who are friends of mine on Facebook making jokes about climate change and/or quote, global warming, unquote. (They never take either seriously.) Ha. Ha. I don’t get it. What’s funny about that? I’m not a scientist, but no matter what little “tricky” e-mails have been discovered of late in science-land, and no matter what kind of conspiracy you think it is, we do have an impact on our planet. And I think we share responsibility to take care of it. To recycle. To use recycled materials. To not eat endangered species as appetizers. To not drive four Hummers. To not poison waterways with toxic junk. Stuff like that. Newsflash: our planet takes care of us, as well as those people in third world countries we’re always claiming to care so much about. Whatever happened to our stewardship of the planet and God putting us in charge of all the creatures and all that? Have you read Genesis (1:28, to be specific)? Hellooo? I seriously do not get the whole "let's laugh off climate change" mentality in some conservative Christian circles. Seems like we like to follow science (say in your best Church Lady voice): "when it's convenient." What happened to “do the right thing?” It’s goofy to have an Armageddon-focused/”it’s all gonna burn” mentality about the very earth under our feet. If God didn’t want us to care about anything or anyone (because, gee, it’s hard to deal with spiritual truths when you’re trying to escape flooding and starvation), then why are we still here? Why wouldn’t God just rapture us up and leave the planet care to some people . . . who really care about it? Which brings me to my new mercenary bumper sticker idea: Why Recycle When You Can Be Raptured? (It needs some editing work, but I know EXACTLY where I can sell it!)  |
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