Category Archives: Daily Links and Notes

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/magazine/the-revelations-of-marilynne-robinson.html “Being and human beings,” Robinson told me, “are invested with a degree of value that we can’t honor appropriately. An overabundance that is magical.” Honoring that overabundance has taken many forms in Robinson’s writing. Each of her novels, though … Continue reading →

The Dish I’ve spent most of my adult life challenging the notion that the distinction between a homosexual person and “homosexual acts” makes sense – but I am not omniscient, and I respect those who sincerely disagree with me. I … Continue reading →

http://mhec.humanists.net/HUMNISM.HTM

On Faith 1. The Bible doesn’t answer all — or even most — of our questions. 2. The Bible isn’t like God’s version of Apple’s “Terms and Conditions” agreement. 3. The Bible isn’t a sourcebook for fighting culture wars. 4. … Continue reading →

Andrew Root’s book via JesusCreed

HT the Dish Her.meneutics

NY Times

The Atlantic A handful of senior girls became indignant during the course of the interview. “This is my life and my body and I can do whatever I want with it,” or, “I don’t see any problem with it. I’m … Continue reading →

The Atlantic Richardson, for his part, regrets employing the term in his 1997 Runnymede report and has outlined eight problems with using ‘Islamophobic’ as a descriptor of an anti-Islamic individual or activity. Characterizing someone as an Islamophobe, he says, implies … Continue reading →