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August 24, 2011

Freely Loving Neighbors with Taxes and Feasting

"Dog days" may have us all dragging, but there's still hopeful faith activity going on. A noteworthy expert on religion and government delivers a cogent essay on the real meaning of divergent politics about caring for the poor. Meanwhile, an inaugural interfaith Iftar proves to be a friendly and surprising encounter with Muslims and their Islamic faith.

Toiling through the remaining "dog days" of summer seems a lot like following the Yellow Brick Road in L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz: hurricanes and earthquakes and heatstroke, oh, my! Herewith some gleanings from the parched and shaking landscape.

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August 3, 2011

Seeding the Scripture

A new online feature looks at current events through the lens of scripture, and elsewhere it's hotter 'n hell.

So much news of late has been just awful (witness Maureen Dowd's 'way-over-the-top commentary in the New York Times on the resolution of the federal budget crisis) that TPC notes with great eagerness and relief a new feature, "ON Scripture," at the Huffington Post.