The Federal Government of the past eight years reminded this writer of an old computer axiom - we can now make a million mistakes a minute.
In 1972 I worked in the world of finance with an IBM 370, Model 145 - one of those mainframe computers with a front panel of flashing white, yellow, and [...]

The God Vote

Jacques Berlinerblau
Jacques Berlinerblau is associate Professor and Director of the Program for Jewish Civilization at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He’s also editor of faith2008.org. Many years ago he received a doctorate in ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature from New York University. Soon after, for reasons [...]

Some Jungian analysts suggest that original sin relates to family of origin.The idea is in order to be ’saved’ from the original sin one must escape the dysfunction of one’s family of origin.
Original ’sin,’ as defined by theologians, takes many different forms.  We are born with the sin of Adam, for instance.  Or we are [...]

Barack Obama has reignited the word hope.  He even wrote a book about hope.  His book is pretty convincing on the concept of hope, but sometimes hope is used so freely it looses it’s luster.  I am not endorsing Obama, as most of our readers may know, but believe he has a good grasp of [...]

We once did an internship as a hospital chaplain. We were assigned to an acute rehab unit. Most of the patients were recovering from a stroke or hip surgery or a like condition - they were medically stable but unable to return home.
A twelve year old boy was hit by a car and injured his [...]

Barack Obama is  on a journey.  The destination is unknown, but every mountain, every valley, every raging river will be crossed with determination, with hope, with optimism.  The forest is full of danger, the valley in the shadow of death, Obama fears no evil.
Obama knows that the truth is with him.  His cup is full [...]