By 1944, Stalin's fear of a Soviet Union divided into different nationalities led to a policy of deportations of entire peoples he considered to be even potentially disloyal. ... Between November 15 and 17, 1944, Soviet troops forcibly removed approximately 100,000 Muslims from the Meskhetian ... Continue reading
It was like that
December 20, 2007 By 3 Comments
On May 29, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and the Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay fought through ice and snow, exhaustion and bitter cold, to stand together on the summit of Mt. Everest. I remember seeing their photos in National Geographic. They were dressed in heavy parkas, their eyes protected by dark ... Continue reading
Questions of balance
December 19, 2007 By
Strange, isn't it, that this season of expectation, of Advent, is also the most frenetic time of the year. We sing "all is calm, all is bright, sleep in heavenly peace" in church, then rush off to Costco to finish our Christmas shopping.But at all times, life is full of choices and dilemmas that ... Continue reading
Thoughts on the glory of the Lord
December 18, 2007 By
Listen! It's the voice of someone shouting, "Clear the way through the wilderness for the LORD! Make a straight highway through the wasteland for our God! Fill in the valleys, and level the mountains and hills. Straighten the curves, and smooth out the rough places. Then the glory of the LORD will ... Continue reading
Who’s in charge?
December 14, 2007 By
I suppose if you asked any of the candidates for president why he (or she) is running for office, they'd all say they want to change things.It may be the universal first cause for public service. Men and women at every level of government will tell you that they got into politics because they ... Continue reading
Michelangelo and risk-taking
December 6, 2007 By 6 Comments
Michelangelo was only 25 when he completed Pietà, a marble sculpture depicting Mary holding the lifeless body of her son, Jesus. His Pietà was so astonishingly beautiful that the Italian art community crowed that Michelangelo had surpassed "not only the sculptures of all of [his] contemporaries, but ... Continue reading
Giving thanks for the mundane
November 21, 2007 By
I was going to write something about Thanksgiving, but this post by Matthew Lee Anderson of Mere Orthodoxy is better than anything I would have written. Tomorrow, we will give thanks for the many blessings in our lives by indulging ourselves with food, family and football.And in doing so, we ... Continue reading
The world has changed
November 21, 2007 By 2 Comments
The world has changed. It is the beginning of the end of the controversy that has surrounded this field. Over time, these [induced] cells will be used in more and more labs. And human embryo stem cell research will be abandoned by more and more labs. — James Thomson, University of Wisconsin ... Continue reading
